If I knew how much you loved me, I would’ve shot you sooner. William S. Burroughs More Quotes by William S. Burroughs More Quotes From William S. Burroughs Happinessis a byproduct of function. Those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war. William S. Burroughs victory purpose war You see, control can never be a means to any practical end...It can never be a means to anything but more control...like junk. William S. Burroughs junk ends mean Love is a haunting melody that I have never mastered, and I fear I never will. William S. Burroughs haunting heartbreak love No atomic physicist has to worry, people will always want to kill other people on a mass scale. Sure, he's got the fridge full of sausages and spring water. William S. Burroughs spring water people Like Spain, I am bound to the past. William S. Burroughs bounds spain past For years I wondered why dreams are so often dull when related, and this morning I find the answer, which is very simple - like most answers, you have always known it: No context ... like a stuffed animal set on the floor of a bank. William S. Burroughs dream animal morning Revolution in America begins in books and music, then waits for political operatives to 'implement changes after the fact.' William S. Burroughs waiting book america Anslinger's reefer madness did not caution even the seeds of efficient, intelligent, ruthless action ... The same goes for Hoover, sniveling Nixon, the whole miserable, wretchedly evil lot of them ... not a man among them who could have pulled off a successful coup in a banana republic. William S. Burroughs intelligent successful men Whether you sniff it smoke it eat it or shove it up your ass the result is the same: addiction. William S. Burroughs recovery addiction alcohol As an old junk pusher told me, 'Watch whose money you pick up.' William S. Burroughs junk picks watches Most people don't see what's going on around them. That's my principal message to writers: 'For God's sake, keep your eyes open. Notice what's going on around you.' William S. Burroughs eye sake people A paranoid is someone who has all the facts. William S. Burroughs paranoid facts knowledge I like the shaman very much, the way he was crying. William S. Burroughs cry way The more absolute the need, the more predictable the behavior becomes until it is mathematically certain. William S. Burroughs certain behavior needs In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality. William S. Burroughs sentimentality sadness grief A phenomenon must be to some extent comprehensible to be perceived at all. William S. Burroughs phenomenon The face of evil is always the face of total need. William S. Burroughs evil faces needs If the mortality rate seems high we must realize that Nature is a ruthless teacher. There are no second chances in Mother Nature's Survival Course. William S. Burroughs second-chance mother teacher Virtue is simply happiness, and happiness is a by-product of function. You are happy when you are functioning. William S. Burroughs function virtue happiness That old feeling is still in my leaking heart. William S. Burroughs stills feelings heart
