Inspirational Quotes by William S. Burroughs — Words of Wisdom for Daily Success

“Fear of death is form of stasis horrors. The dead weight of time.”

“when I become death. Death is the seed from which I grow.”

“Nobody owns life, but anyone who can pick up a frying pan owns death.”

“To be an outlaw you must first have a base in law to reject and get out of, I never had such a base. I never had a place I could call home that meant any more than a key to a house, apartment or hotel room. … Am I alien? Alien from what exactly? Perhaps my home is my dream city, more real than my waking life precisely because it has no relation to waking life…”

“The first and most important thing an individual can do is to become an individual again, decontrol himself, train himself as to what is going on and win back as much independent ground for himself as possible”

“A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on.”

“There is no intensity of love or feeling that does not involve the risk of crippling hurt. It is a duty to take this risk, to love and feel without defense or reserve.”