You see, control can never be a means to any practical end...It can ne…

William S. Burroughs
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You see, control can never be a means to any practical end...It can never be a means to anything but more control...like junk. ✨ William S. Burroughs (2007). Naked Lunch: The Restored Text, p.137, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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You see, control can never be a means to any practical end...It can never be a means to anything but more control...like junk. ✨ William S. Burroughs (2007). Naked Lunch: The Restored Text, p.137, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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