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After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it. I sure as hell wouldn't want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military.

William S. Burroughs

How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.

William S. Burroughs

Conformity

Hate

Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict; those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war.

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

Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.

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

William S. Burroughs

Magic

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

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

Admittedly, a homosexual can be conditioned to react sexually to a woman, or to an old boot for that matter. In fact, both homo - and heterosexual experimental subjects have been conditioned to react sexually to an old boot, and you can save a lot of money that way.

A functioning police state needs no police.

A cat's rage is beautiful, burning with pure cat flame, all its hair standing up and crackling blue sparks, eyes blazing and sputtering.

William S. Burroughs