Brion Gysin  - Quotes

 some trillions of years ago a sloppy, dirty giant flicked grease from his fingers. One of those gobs of grease is our universe on its way to the floor. Splat! 

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William S. Burroughs  - Quotes

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

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William S. Burroughs  - Quotes

 As a young child I wanted to be a writer because writers were rich and famous. They lounged around Singapore and Rangoon smoking opium in a yellow pongee silk suit. They sniffed cocaine in Mayfair and they penetrated forbidden swamps with a faithful native boy and lived in the native quarter of Tangier smoking hashish and languidly caressing a pet gazelle. 

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Brion Gysin  - Quotes

 Man is a bad animal.... 

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William S. Burroughs  - Quotes

 What's with the serum? 

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William S Burroughs  - Quotes

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

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William S. Burroughs  - Quotes

 Last night I encountered a dream cat with a very long neck and a body like a human fetus, gray and transluscent. I don't know what it needs or how to provide for it. Another dream years ago of a human child with eyes on stalks. It is very small, but can walk and talk  

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