William S. Burroughs Quotes:
Ocupation: Novelist
Life: February 5, 1914 - August 2, 1997
Birthday: February 5
Death: August 2
Wouldn't it be great,as Scott Peck suggests, if all medical students had to undergo the symptoms and feeling of a spectrum of illnesses. From acute infections to terminal cancer - and Kuru, the laughing sickness. Just a month for each exposure, controlled of course, and a good heavy dose of excruciating pain. So they'll know what that feels like.
source: William S. Burroughs, James Grauerholz (2001). “Last Words: The Final Journals of William S. Burroughs”, p.165, Grove Press
topic: Pain, Cancer, Laughing, Terminal, Excruciating Pain, Terminal Cancer
