William S. Burroughs Quotes

[Death is] a gimmick. It's the time-birth-death gimmick. Can't go on much longer, too many people are wising up.

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• [Death is] a gimmick. It's the time-birth-death gimmick. Can't go on much longer, too many people are wising up.

  

  William S. Burroughs
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