From the little reading I had done I had observed that the men who were most in life, who were molding life, who were life itself, ate little, slept little, owned little or nothing. They had no illusions about duty, or the perpetuation of their kith and kin, or the preservation of the State. They were interested in truth and in truth alone. They recognized only one kind of activity - creation. β¨ Henry Miller (1964). Henry Miller on Writing, New Directions Publishing
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- I want to undress you, vulgarize you a bit. β¨ AnaΓ―s Nin, Henry Miller (1989). A Literate Passion: Letters of AnaΓ―s Nin & Henry Miller, 1932-1953, p.56, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Great God! What have I turned into? What right have you people to clutter up my life, steal my time, probe my soul, suckle my thoughts, have me for your companion, confidant, and information bureau? β¦ βΆ
- When I realize that she is gone, perhaps gone forever, a great void opens up and I feel that I am falling, falling, falling into deep, black space. And this is worse than tears, deeper than regret or β¦ βΆ
- This is not a book in the ordinary sense of the word. No, this is a prolonged insult, a gob of spit in the face of art, a kick in the pants to God, Man, Destiny, Time, Love, Beauty... what you will. β¦ βΆ
- My understanding of the meaning of a book is that the book itself disappears from sight, that it is chewed alive, digested and incorporated into the system as flesh and blood which in turn creates ne β¦ βΆ
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