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> [If after having been exposed to someone's presence you feel as if you've lost a quart of plasma, avoid that presence. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/if-after-having-been-exposed-to-someone-s-presence-you-feel-as-if-you/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

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> [I began to get a feeling familiar to me from my bartending days of being the only sane man in a nuthouse.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/i-began-to-get-a-feeling-familiar-to-me-from-my-bartending-days-of/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

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> [We have a great elaborate machine which I feel has to be completely dismantled - in order to do that we need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/we-have-a-great-elaborate-machine-which-i-feel-has-to-be-completely/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

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> [I began to get a feeling (...) of being the only sane man in a nut house. It doesn't make you feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/i-began-to-get-a-feeling-of-being-the-only-sane-man-in-a-nut-house-it/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

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> [There is no intensity of love or feeling that does not involve the risk of crippling hurt. It is a duty to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/there-is-no-intensity-of-love-or-feeling-that-does-not-involve-the/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

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> [If, after spending time with a person, you feel as though you've lost a quart of plasma, avoid that person in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/if-after-spending-time-with-a-person-you-feel-as-though-you-ve-lost-a/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

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> [The whole point is, I feel the machine should be eliminated. Now that it has served its purpose of alerting us to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/the-whole-point-is-i-feel-the-machine-should-be-eliminated-now-that/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

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> [I don't have any politics. I feel that as soon as politics arises, things are already in a hopeless state of deterioration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/i-don-t-have-any-politics-i-feel-that-as-soon-as-politics-arises/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

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> [I feel that opiates - I include opium and all its derivatives, such as morphine, heroin, pantopon, etc. - are quite useless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/i-feel-that-opiates-i-include-opium-and-all-its-derivatives-such-as/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

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> [I feel that the change, the mutation in consciousness, will occur spontaneously once certain pressures now in operation are removed. I feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/i-feel-that-the-change-the-mutation-in-consciousness-will-occur/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

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> [The consciousness-expanding drugs - the hallucinogens, such as cannabis, mescaline, LSD, Psylocybin - I think are useful to a writer up to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/the-consciousness-expanding-drugs-the-hallucinogens-such-as-cannabis/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

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> [“Junk turns the user into a plant. Plants do not feel pain since pain has no function in a stationary organism. Junk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/junk-turns-the-user-into-a-plant-plants-do-not-feel-pain-since-pain/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

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> [A doctor is not criticized for describing the manifestations and symptoms of an illness, even though the symptoms may be disgusting. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/a-doctor-is-not-criticized-for-describing-the-manifestations-and/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

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> [I'm definitely antiscientist because I feel that science represents a conspiracy to impose as the real and only universe, the universe of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/i-m-definitely-antiscientist-because-i-feel-that-science-represents-a/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

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> [I feel that any form of so called psychotherapy is strongly contraindicated for addicts. The question Why did you start using narcotics…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/i-feel-that-any-form-of-so-called-psychotherapy-is-strongly/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

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> [Wouldn't it be great,as Scott Peck suggests, if all medical students had to undergo the symptoms and feeling of a spectrum of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/wouldn-t-it-be-great-as-scott-peck-suggests-if-all-medical-students/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

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## Other authors on Feels

## More by William S. Burroughs

> [“Control never be a means to any practical end. It can never be a means to anything but more control… Like punk.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/control-never-be-a-means-to-any-practical-end-it-can-never-be-a-means/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

> [“Well as, one judge said to the other, 'Be just and if you can't be just be arbitrary.' Regret cannot observe customary obscenities.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/well-as-one-judge-said-to-the-other-be-just-and-if-you-can-t-be-just/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

> [After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/after-one-look-at-this-planet-any-visitor-from-outer-space-would-say/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

> [For seven days she lay in bed looking sullenly at the ceiling as though resenting the death she had cultivated for so many years.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/for-seven-days-she-lay-in-bed-looking-sullenly-at-the-ceiling-as/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

> [When you stop growing you start dying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/when-you-stop-growing-you-start-dying/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

> [Life is a cutup. And to pretend that you write or paint in a timeless vacuum is just simply . . . not .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/life-is-a-cutup-and-to-pretend-that-you-write-or-paint-in-a-timeless/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

> [When all lies, deceit, pretense is stripped away, what remains? The truth of a painting, or a book or a man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/when-all-lies-deceit-pretense-is-stripped-away-what-remains-the-truth/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

> [“There is no final enough of wisdom, experience - any fucking thing. No Holy Grail, No Final Satori, no solution. Just conflict. Only thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/there-is-no-final-enough-of-wisdom-experience-any-fucking-thing-no/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

> [“For John Dillinger In hope he is still alive Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 1986 In hope he is still alive Thanks for the wild…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/for-john-dillinger-in-hope-he-is-still-alive-thanksgiving-day/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

> [“Did I ever tell you about the man who taught his asshole to talk? His whole abdomen would move up and down, you dig,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/did-i-ever-tell-you-about-the-man-who-taught-his-asshole-to-talk-his/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

> [You need a good bedside manner with doctors or you will get nowhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/you-need-a-good-bedside-manner-with-doctors-or-you-will-get-nowhere/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

> [There couldn't be a society of people who didn't dream. They'd be dead in two weeks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/there-couldn-t-be-a-society-of-people-who-didn-t-dream-they-d-be-dead/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

> [I prefer cats to people, for the most part. Most people aren't cute at all, and if they are cute they very rapidly outgrow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/i-prefer-cats-to-people-for-the-most-part-most-people-aren-t-cute-at/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

> [ \[Arab peoples\] are stuck back thousands of years and they think they're going to get out with a TV set. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/arab-peoples-are-stuck-back-thousands-of-years-and-they-think-they-re/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

> [“It is not the intensity but the duration of pain that breaks the will to resist.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/it-is-not-the-intensity-but-the-duration-of-pain-that-breaks-the-will/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

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