"Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape."
― William S. Burroughs
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Change
More From William S. Burroughs
- "The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values."
- "After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn’t do it. I sure as hell wouldn’t want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military."
- "Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict; those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war."
More In Change
- "A zebra does not change its spots."― Al Gore
- "Change is not only likely, it’s inevitable."― Barbara Sher
- "I read and walked for miles at night along the beach, writing bad blank verse and searching endlessly for someone wonderful who would step out of the darkness and change my life. It never crossed my mind that that person could be me."― Anna Quindlen