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“ ”To travel in space you must leave the old verbal garbage behind: God talk, country talk, mother talk, love talk, party talk. You must learn to exist with no religion, no country, no allies. You must learn to live alone in silence. Anyone who prays in space is not there.
from “It Is Necessary to Travel…,
About William S. Burroughs
William Seward Burroughs II (5 February 1914 – 2 August 1997), more commonly known as William S. Burroughs, was an American novelist, essayist, social critic, painter and spoken word performer. Much of Burroughs' work is semi-autobiographical, drawn from his experiences as an opiate addict, a condition that marked the last fifty years of his life. He was a central member of the Beat Generation and an avant-garde author who influenced popular culture as well as literature. In 1984 he was elected to the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.
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Additional quotes by William S. Burroughs
Human, Allen, is an adjective, and its use as a noun is in itself regrettable.
We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place.
The American uppermiddle-class citizen is a composite of negatives. He is largely delineated by what he is not.
- pg. 41