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Whatever happened to God's justice? I am convinced that God exist and God is one asshole.
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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St. Louis
Missouri
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How long does it take man to realize that he cannot want what he wants? You have to live in hell to see heaven.
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