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I am getting so far out one day I won't come back at all.
William S. Burroughs
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William S. Burroughs
Age: 83 †
Born: 1914
Born: February 5
Died: 1997
Died: August 11
Essayist
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Painter
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St. Louis
Missouri
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You were given the power to love in order to use it, no matter what pain it may cause you.
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