In my writing I am acting as a map maker, an explorer of psychic areas…

William S. Burroughs
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In my writing I am acting as a map maker, an explorer of psychic areas, a cosmonaut of inner space, and I see no point in exploring areas that have already been thoroughly surveyed. ✨ William S. Burroughs (2007). Word Virus: The William S. Burroughs Reader, p.272, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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In my writing I am acting as a map maker, an explorer of psychic areas, a cosmonaut of inner space, and I see no point in exploring areas that have already been thoroughly surveyed. ✨ William S. Burroughs (2007). Word Virus: The William S. Burroughs Reader, p.272, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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