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  1. William S. Burroughs _ And the Hippos Were Boiled in

    I had the feeling that all over America such stupid arguments were taking place on street corners and in bars and restaurants. All over America, people were pulling credentials out of their pockets and sticking them under someone else's nose to prove they had been somewhere or done something. And I thought someday everyone in America will suddenly jump up and say "I don't take any shit!" and start pushing and cursing and clawing at the man next to him.
    book-quoteamericans

  2. William S. Burroughs _ And the Hippos Were Boiled in

    I began to get a feeling familiar to me from my bartending days of being the only sane man in a nuthouse. It doesn't make you feel superior but depressed and scared, because there is nobody you can contact."
    book-quotefearlonelinesssanity

  3. William S. Burroughs _ And the Hippos Were Boiled in

    For seven days she lay in bed looking sullenly at the ceiling as though resenting the death she had cultivated for so many years. Like some people who cannot vomit despite horrible nausea, she lay there unable to die, resisting death as she had resisted life, frozen with resentment of process and change.
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  4. William S. Burroughs _ And the Hippos Were Boiled in

    All over America, people were pulling credentials out of their pockets and sticking them under someone else's nose to prove they had been somewhere or done something. And I thought someday everyone in America will suddenly jump up and say, 'I don't take any shit!' and start pushing and cursing and clawing at the man next to him.
    book-quoterevolutioninsanity

  5. William S. Burroughs _ And the Hippos Were Boiled in

    I began to get a feeling {...} of being the only sane man in a nut house. It doesn't make you feel superior but depressed and scared, because there is nobody you can contact.
    book-quoteinsanitynut-housesane
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