William S. Burroughs Quotes About Magic
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in the magical universe there are no coincidences and there are no accidents. nothing happens unless someone wills it to happen
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It is to be remembered that the origin of all the arts-music, painting and writing-is magical and evocative; and that magic is always used to obtain some definite result.
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I see painting as an evocative magic, and there must always be a random factor in magic, one which must be constantly changed and renewed.
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I know that Nature designs that this whole continent, not merely these thirty-six states, shall be, sooner or later, within the magic circle of the American union.
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Writing prejudicial, off-putting reviews is a precise exercise in applied black magic. The reviewer can draw free-floating disagreeable associations to a book by implying that the book is completely unimportant without saying exactly why, and carefully avoiding any clear images that could capture the reader's full attention.
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Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective.
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The way to kill a man or a nation is to cut off his dreams, the way the whites are taking care of the Indians: killing their dreams, their magic, their familiar spirits.
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