William S. Burroughs

"Consciousness is a disease that leads to suffering."

"What is a country with no souls to inhabit it?"

"The past is just the future entered through another gate."

"Routine is a great deadener."

"A modern communications system is nothing but a tool for extending the reach of power."

"People are made of flesh, blood, and ego."

"The more you know about the operation of your own mind, the more you can direct it."

"Reality is not fixed; it's a matter of point of view."

"Art is the only honest profession."

"Death is a debt we all must pay."

"Loyalty to a person rather than to a principle is the fundamental corruption."

"The purpose of writing is to change the world."

"A man without a vision is a man without a future."

"Every man is his own myth."

"The most important thing is to maintain control of your own narrative."

"Money is the root of all mobility."

"Silence can be your greatest ally or your worst enemy."

"The problem with the system is not the system itself, but the people running it."

"A way out is the way you came in."

"We are addicted to our addictions."

"The best way to learn about something is to destroy it."

"Beauty is truth told slant."

"The real revolution is in the mind."

"What is a human being but a collection of habits?"

"Fear is just undigested experience."

"The function of art is the extension of consciousness."

"True friendship is stronger than any force in the universe."

"Every word you speak is a spell cast upon the world."

"The greatest adventure is the adventure within."

"Patience is not a virtue; it is a luxury."