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William S. Burroughs Quotes: Like pregnant women lose their teeth feeding the stranger, junkies lose their yellow fangs feeding the monkey.
         

Like pregnant women lose their teeth feeding the stranger, junkies lose their yellow fangs feeding the monkey.


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