I awoke from The Sickness at the age of forty-five, calm and sane, and…

William S. Burroughs
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I awoke from The Sickness at the age of forty-five, calm and sane, and in reasonably good health except for a weakened liver and the look of borrowed flesh common to all who survive The Sickness. ✨ William S. Burroughs (2007). Naked Lunch: The Restored Text, p.199, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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