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> [Writers don't own their words. Since when do words belong to anybody. "Your very own words," indeed ! And who are you?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brion-gysin/writers-don-t-own-their-words-since-when-do-words-belong-to-anybody/)

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## More by Brion Gysin

> [I could easily blast so much keef night and day I become a bouhali; a real-gone crazy, a holy untouchable madman unto whom everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brion-gysin/i-could-easily-blast-so-much-keef-night-and-day-i-become-a-bouhali-a/)

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> [You should never do two things. You should hammer one nail all your life, and I didn't do that; I hammered on a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brion-gysin/you-should-never-do-two-things-you-should-hammer-one-nail-all-your/)

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> [What are we here for? Does the great metaphysical nut revolve around that? Well, I'll crack it for you, right now. What are we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brion-gysin/what-are-we-here-for-does-the-great-metaphysical-nut-revolve-around/)

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> [When ya gotta goNow we know what we are here for. We are not here to love fear and serve any old bearded but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brion-gysin/when-ya-gotta-gonow-we-know-what-we-are-here-for-we-are-not-here-to/)

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> [I enjoy inventing things out of fun. After all, life is a game, not a career.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brion-gysin/i-enjoy-inventing-things-out-of-fun-after-all-life-is-a-game-not-a/)

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> [The resulting texts always took a narrative term, enigmatic at first but ultimately explicit and often premonitory. The semantic distribution of these basic elements…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brion-gysin/the-resulting-texts-always-took-a-narrative-term-enigmatic-at-first/)

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> [As no two people see the world the same way, all trips from here to there are imaginary; all truth is a tale I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brion-gysin/as-no-two-people-see-the-world-the-same-way-all-trips-from-here-to/)

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> [Writers don't own their words. Since when do words belong to anybody. "Your very own words," indeed ! And who are you?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brion-gysin/writers-don-t-own-their-words-since-when-do-words-belong-to-anybody/)

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> [Of course the sands of Present Time are running out from under our feet. And why not? The Great Conundrum: 'What are we here…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brion-gysin/of-course-the-sands-of-present-time-are-running-out-from-under-our/)

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> [Man is a bad animal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brion-gysin/man-is-a-bad-animal/)

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> [The poets are supposed to liberate the words – not chain them in phrases. Who told the poets they were supposed to think? Poets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brion-gysin/the-poets-are-supposed-to-liberate-the-words-not-chain-them-in/)

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> [“some trillions of years ago a sloppy, dirty giant flicked grease from his fingers. One of those gobs of grease is our universe on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brion-gysin/some-trillions-of-years-ago-a-sloppy-dirty-giant-flicked-grease-from/)

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> [Writing is fifty years behind painting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brion-gysin/writing-is-fifty-years-behind-painting/)

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