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"My son wants to have a reason for everything he does. I abhor reason and logic. I do things, write..."
““My son wants to have a reason for everything he does. I abhor reason and logic. I do things, write things, to find out why I wanted to do them. For me all is thé joy of discovery”” -...
"It’s good to just plain happy, it’s'a little better to know that you’re happy and..."
“It’s good to just plain happy, it’s'a little better to know that you’re happy and to know why and how, in what way, because of what concatenation of events or circumstances, and still b...
"I always planted in him a desire to become better acquainted with the English language, not because..."
““I always planted in him a desire to become better acquainted with the English language, not because I deemed it the best language in the world but because no one I knew used it with its ful...
"If I were to have money I might become careless and negligent, believing in a security which does..."
““If I were to have money I might become careless and negligent, believing in a security which does not exist, stressing those values which are illusory and empty”” - The Colossus of ...
"Men may go dead but the rocks never"
““Men may go dead but the rocks never”” - The Colossus of Maroussi pg. 50 -Henry Miller
"You are the white of a rotten egg. You stink"
““You are the white of a rotten egg. You stink”” - The Colossus of Maroussi -pg.125 Henry Miller
"The life of the artist, his devotion to art, is the highest and the last phase of egotism in man"
““The life of the artist, his devotion to art, is the highest and the last phase of egotism in man”” - The Colossus of Maroussi pg. 180 -Henry Miller
"To live creatively, I have discovered, means to live more and more unselfishly, to live more and..."
““To live creatively, I have discovered, means to live more and more unselfishly, to live more and more into the world, identifying one self with it and thus influencing it at the core, so to...
"If out of clay such an abstract medium as words can be shaped what is to hinder us from leaving our..."
““If out of clay such an abstract medium as words can be shaped what is to hinder us from leaving our bodies at will and taking up our abode on other planets or between the planets? What is t...
"Peace is not the opposite of war any more than death is the opposite of life"
““Peace is not the opposite of war any more than death is the opposite of life”” - The Colossus of Maroussi - pg 68
"Hungry but not famished, yearning but not whining"
““Hungry but not famished, yearning but not whining”” - Book of Friends - Henry Miller pg. 334
"I was not made for marriage, that seemed obvious. I was born to be a creative individual, a writer,..."
““I was not made for marriage, that seemed obvious. I was born to be a creative individual, a writer, no less. The only lesson I have learned in all these affairs is that an artist should nev...
"Ignorance is forgivable, but not stupidity."
““Ignorance is forgivable, but not stupidity.”” - Book of Friends - Henry Miller pg. 291
"‘The age of puberty,’ I believe they call it. A period of total contradictions; one day..."
““‘The age of puberty,’ I believe they call it. A period of total contradictions; one day hot, the next day cold; a fervid friend today, tomorrow a heartless son-of-a-bitch. And so on. Th...
"Those in prison are often better than those who put them there. Thieves and pimps are far more..."
““Those in prison are often better than those who put them there. Thieves and pimps are far more interesting than preachers and teachers”” - Book of Friends - pg 122
"I wanted a metamorphosis, a change to fish, to leviathan, to destroyer. I wanted the earth to open..."
““I wanted a metamorphosis, a change to fish, to leviathan, to destroyer. I wanted the earth to open up, to swallow everything in one engulfing yawn. I wanted to see the city buried fathoms d...
"We have surrendered to despair. Ecstasy has given way to drunkenness. A man who is intoxicated with..."
““We have surrendered to despair. Ecstasy has given way to drunkenness. A man who is intoxicated with life sees visions, not snakes.”” - Henry Miller, Nexus - Rosy Crucifix Trilogy - pg...
"The worm becomes a butterfly only when it becomes intoxicated with the splendor and magnificence of..."
““The worm becomes a butterfly only when it becomes intoxicated with the splendor and magnificence of life”” - Miller, Nexus pg. 237
"After Dostoevski, man was no longer what he had been before"
““After Dostoevski, man was no longer what he had been before”” - Henry Miller, Nexus pg. 18
"Here is the true sage; Male and female equally divided; passionate, yet calm and patient; detached,..."
““Here is the true sage; Male and female equally divided; passionate, yet calm and patient; detached, yet giving fully of himself; seeing clearly into the very soul of his beloved, steadfast,...