Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't m…

William S. Burroughs
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Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has. ✨ William S. Burroughs (1993). The Adding Machine: Selected Essays, p.16, Arcade Publishing
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If I knew how much you loved me, I would’ve shot you sooner.
O death where is thy sting? The man is never on time. ✨ William S. Burroughs (2007). Naked Lunch: The Restored Text, p.289, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
There are no innocent bystanders ... what are they doing there in the first place? ✨ 'In the Shadows' ('Gali Guliyan'): Film Review by eborah Young, www.hollywoodreporter.com. Oct … ▶
Like Spain, I am bound to the past. ✨ William S. Burroughs (2013). Cities of the Red Night: A Novel, p.332, Holt Paperbacks
Every word is autobiographical, and every word is fiction. ✨ William S. Burroughs (2001). Burroughs Live: The Collected Interviews of William S. Burroughs, 1960-1997, Semiotext

Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has. ✨ William S. Burroughs (1993). The Adding Machine: Selected Essays, p.16, Arcade Publishing

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