Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.

Quote by William S Burroughs

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Hustlers of the world, there is one mark you cannot beat: the mark inside.

Hustlers of the world, there is one mark you cannot beat: the mark inside.

In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality.

In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality.

Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators...

Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators...

Language is a virus from outer space.

Language is a virus from outer space.

The only possible ethic is to do what one wants to do.

The only possible ethic is to do what one wants to do.

Intelligence and war are games, perhaps the only meaningful games left. If any player becomes...

Intelligence and war are games, perhaps the only meaningful games left. If any player becomes...

The best way to keep something bad from happening is to see it ahead of...

The best way to keep something bad from happening is to see it ahead of...

Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in...

Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in...

Love is a haunting melody that I have never mastered and I fear I never...

Love is a haunting melody that I have never mastered and I fear I never...

The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values.

The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values.

How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.

How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.

I know that Nature designs that this whole continent, not merely these thirty-six states, shall...

I know that Nature designs that this whole continent, not merely these thirty-six states, shall...

Anything that can be done chemically can be done by other means.

Anything that can be done chemically can be done by other means.

Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind...

Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind...

There couldn't be a society of people who didn't dream. They'd be dead in two...

There couldn't be a society of people who didn't dream. They'd be dead in two...

Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the...

Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the...

Our national drug is alcohol. We tend to regard the use any other drug with...

Our national drug is alcohol. We tend to regard the use any other drug with...

I am getting so far out one day I won't come back at all.

I am getting so far out one day I won't come back at all.

Be just and if you can't be just, be arbitrary.

Be just and if you can't be just, be arbitrary.

The face of evil is always the face of total need.

The face of evil is always the face of total need.