“Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can’t mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has.”

William S. Burroughs
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“After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say I WANT TO SEE THE MANAGER.”

William S. Burroughs
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“A functioning police state needs no police.”

William S. Burroughs
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“Anything that can be done chemically can be done by other means.”

William S. Burroughs
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“Language is a virus from outer space.”

William S. Burroughs
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“Humility is indeed beatness, a compulsory virtue that no one exhibits unless he has to.”

William S. Burroughs
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“In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality.”

William S. Burroughs
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“I think the ideal situation for a family is to be completely incestuous.”

William S. Burroughs
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“The face of evil is always the face of total need.”

William S. Burroughs
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“There couldn’t be a society of people who didn’t dream. They’d be dead in two weeks.”

William S. Burroughs
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“Which came first the intestine or the tapeworm?”

William S. Burroughs
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Disease