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Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to his advantage.
William S. Burroughs
You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.
William S. Burroughs
Love? What is it? Most natural painkiller.
William S. Burroughs
My relationships with my cats has saved me from a deadly, pervasive ignorance.
William S. Burroughs
The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself. Of course he wants care and shelter. You don't buy love for nothing.
William S. Burroughs
It is indeed difficult to make a living as a writer, and my advice to anyone contemplating a literary career is to have some other trade.
William S. Burroughs
The purpose of technology is not to confuse the brain but to serve the body.
William S. Burroughs
No one owns life, but anyone who can pick up a frying pan owns death.
William S. Burroughs
The way to kill a man or a nation is to cut off his dreams, the way the whites are taking care of the Indians: killing their dreams, their magic, their familiar spirits.
William S. Burroughs
There couldn't be a society of people who didn't dream. They'd be dead in two weeks.
William S. Burroughs