Henry MillerTomorrow you may bring about the destruction of your world. Tomorrow you may sing in Paradise above the smoking ruins of your world-cities. But tonight I would like to think of on… ▶361Thought
Henry MillerI'm a bit retarded, like most Americans.372Reading
Henry MillerWe are dancing in the hollow of nothingness. We are one flesh, but separated like stars. ✨ Henry Miller (1966). Tropic of Capricorn372Hope
Henry MillerHistory is the myth, the true myth, of man's fall made manifest in time. ✨ Henry Miller (1959). The Henry Miller Reader, p.366, New Directions Publishing372ReadingTimeTruth
Henry MillerYou make me tremendously happy to hold me undivided - to let me be the artist, as it were, and yet not forgo the man, the animal, the hungry, insatiable lover. No woman has ever g… ▶351HumorLoveThought
Henry MillerWe are swimming on the face of time and all else has drowned, is drowning, or will drown. ✨ Henry Miller, John Calder (1985). A Henry Miller reader, Riverrun Pr362ReadingTime
Henry MillerThe only difference between the Adamic man and the man of today is that the one was born to Paradise and the other has to create it. ✨ Henry Miller (1956). A Devil in Paradi… ▶351Reflection
Henry MillerThe worst sin that can be committed against the artist is to take him at his word, to see in his work a fulfillment instead of an horizon. ✨ Henry Miller (1961). The Cosmolo… ▶373Philosophy
Henry MillerThe best stories I have heard were pointless, the best books those whose plot I can never remember, the best individuals those whom I never get anywhere with. Though it has been p… ▶363ReadingTime
Henry MillerEvery moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such. ✨ Henry Miller (1959). The Henry Miller Reader, p.356, New Directions Publishing341ReadingTime
Henry Millerhave you ever seen a genius out there looking for a job? it's the saddest thing in the world. no one will hire him. there is only one place where he is always welcome- at the bott… ▶342Sadness
Henry MillerPeople are like lice - they get under your skin and bury themselves there. You scratch and scratch until the blood comes, but you can't get permanently deloused. ✨ Henry Mil… ▶364HumanityReading
Henry MillerI made up my mind that I would hold onto nothing, that I would expect nothing. ✨ Henry Miller, John Calder (1985). A Henry Miller reader, Riverrun Pr375ReadingThought
Henry MillerMy hunger and curiosity drive me forward in all directions at once. ✨ Henry Miller (2007). Plexus: The Rosy Crucifixion II, p.61, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.353Philosophy
Henry MillerThe ordinary man is involved in action, the hero acts. An immense difference. ✨ Henry Miller (1969). Mémoires, Plaidoiries Et Documents, p.167, New Directions Publishing364Humanity
Henry MillerOne's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things. ✨ Henry Miller (1957). Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch, p.25, New Directions Publis… ▶375Life
Henry MillerWe do not talk - we bludgeon one another with facts and theories gleaned from cursory readings of newspapers, magazines and digests. ✨ Henry Miller (1970). The Air-condition… ▶353ReadingTruth
Henry MillerDevelop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting peop… ▶342HumanityLifeReading
Henry MillerThat we cannot rise equal to situations when we are in them — that is the tragedy of life. ✨ Anaïs Nin, Henry Miller (1989). A Literate Passion: Letters of Anaïs Nin & Henry… ▶354LifeLove
Henry MillerLife has to be given a meaning because of the obvious fact that it has no meaning. ✨ Henry Miller (1941). The Wisdom of the Heart, p.5, New Directions Publishing354LifeLovePhilosophy
Henry MillerTo have her here in bed with me, breathing on me, her hair in my mouth—I count that something of a miracle. ✨ Henry Miller, John Calder (1985). A Henry Miller reader, Riverr… ▶332Reading
Henry MillerI believe that today more than ever a book should be sought after even if it has only one great page in it. We must search for fragments, splinters, toenails, anything that has or… ▶322Reading
Henry MillerOn the meridian of time, there is no injustice: there is only the poetry of motion creating the illusion of truth and drama. ✨ Henry Miller, John Calder (1985). A Henry Mill… ▶366ReadingTimeTruth
Henry MillerEverything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate, or despise, serves to defeat us in the end. ✨ Henry Miller (1959). The Henry Mill… ▶344Reading
Henry MillerLife's wildest moment---she kneels on the sidewalk. Everything else she does is lies, lies.311LifeTime
Henry MillerThere's something perverse about women...they're all masochists at heart. ✨ Henry Miller, Norman Mailer (1976). Genius and lust: a journey through the major writings of Henr… ▶366Love
Henry MillerWe live at the edge of the miraculous. ✨ Henry Miller (1941). The Wisdom of the Heart, p.89, New Directions Publishing333LovePhilosophy
Henry MillerThe tragedy of it is that nobody sees the look of desperation on my face. Thousands and thousands of us, and we're passing one another without a look of recognition. ✨ Henry… ▶333Reading
Henry MillerNo man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our destiny to. The only way in which anyone can lead us is to restore to us the belief in our own guidance. 333LovePhilosophy
Henry MillerEvery man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him. ✨ Henry Miller (1941). The Wisdom of the Heart, p.22, New Dir… ▶322LovePhilosophy
