William S. BurroughsThe dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a control system set-up by the non-dreamers
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In our world, we are controlled by those who function as the controllers of the society. They set up a system that tells us what to do. Their goal is to keep us from dreaming. However, the dream comes from within. It is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a control system set-up by the non-dreamers.
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