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You must learn to exist with no religion, no country, no allies. You must learn to live alone in silence.

You must learn to exist with no religion, no country, no allies. You must learn to live alone in silence.

William S. Burroughs
Country, Silence, Allies
William S. Burroughs (2007). “Word Virus: The William S. Burroughs Reader”, p.320, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.

William S. Burroughs
Communication, People, Silence
William S. Burroughs (1989). “The Job: Interviews with William S. Burroughs”, Penguin Group USA

Modern man has lost the option of silence.

William S. Burroughs
Men, Silence, Modern
William S. Burroughs (2007). “Word Virus: The William S. Burroughs Reader”, p.208, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

I have no message to give the politicians of the world. They're all completely addicted to promiscuous verbalization and I'm quite sure they would not be at all interested in hearing about cut-ups and hieroglyphics and still less interested to hear about silence.

William S. Burroughs
Cutting, Giving, Silence
William S. Burroughs (2001). “Burroughs Live: The Collected Interviews of William S. Burroughs, 1960-1997”, Semiotext

The forward step must be made in silence. We detach ourselves from word forms - this can be accomplished by substituting for words, letters, concepts, verbal concepts, other modes of expressions: for example, color.

William S. Burroughs
Expression, Color, Silence
Source: realitystudio.org

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