Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.

Quote by William S Burroughs

Topics: William S Burroughs Quotes

A functioning police state needs no police.

A functioning police state needs no police.

No worse fate can befall a man than to be surrounded by traitor souls.

No worse fate can befall a man than to be surrounded by traitor souls.

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

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

Time: a landing field! Death needs time like a junkie needs junk.

Time: a landing field! Death needs time like a junkie needs junk.

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...

The way to kill a man or a nation is to cut off his dreams,...

The way to kill a man or a nation is to cut off his dreams,...

Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to...

Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to...

Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict; those who seek happiness for itself...

Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict; those who seek happiness for itself...

Nothing is true, everything is permitted.

Nothing is true, everything is permitted.

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

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.

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...

Nothing exists until or unless it is observed. An artist is making something exist by...

Nothing exists until or unless it is observed. An artist is making something exist by...

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...

I had not taken a bath in a year nor changed my clothes or removed...

I had not taken a bath in a year nor changed my clothes or removed...

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

Physical pleasure is a sensual experience no different from pure seeing or the pure sensation...

Physical pleasure is a sensual experience no different from pure seeing or the pure sensation...

Pleasure is the bait of sin

Pleasure is the bait of sin

With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase

With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase