The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a cont…

William S. Burroughs
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The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a control system set-up by the non-dreamers ✨ William S. Burroughs (2007). Word Virus: The William S. Burroughs Reader, p.289, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a control system set-up by the non-dreamers ✨ William S. Burroughs (2007). Word Virus: The William S. Burroughs Reader, p.289, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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