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

Quote by William S Burroughs

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Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.

Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.

In fact, they recapitulate the story of Christianity word for word, like the inevitable course...

In fact, they recapitulate the story of Christianity word for word, like the inevitable course...

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

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

Which came first the intestine or the tapeworm?

Which came first the intestine or the tapeworm?

After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want...

After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want...

I'm running out of everything now. Out of veins, out of money.

I'm running out of everything now. Out of veins, out of money.

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...

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.

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...

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

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

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

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...

Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything...

Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything...

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...

After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people...

After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people...

In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality.

In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality.

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...

Like all pure creatures, cats are practical.

Like all pure creatures, cats are practical.

Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts.

Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts.

Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective.

Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective.