It is now the fall of my second year in Paris. I was sent here for a reason I have not yet been able to fathom. I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive. A year ago, six months ago, i thought I was an artist. I no longer think about it. I am. There are no more books to be written, thank God. β¨ Henry Miller, Norman Mailer (1976). Genius and lust: a journey through the major writings of Henry Miller, Grove Press
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- Life has to be given a meaning because of the obvious fact that it has no meaning. β¨ Henry Miller (1941). The Wisdom of the Heart, p.5, New Directions Publishing
- When you know what men are capable of you marvel neither at their sublimity nor their baseness. There are no limits in either direction apparently. β¨ Henry Miller (1970). The Air-Conditioned Nightmar β¦ βΆ
- The world dies over and over again, but the skeleton always gets up and walks. β¨ Henry Miller (1941). The Wisdom of the Heart, p.191, New Directions Publishing
- I had a microscopic eye for the blemish, for the grain of ugliness which to me constituted the sole beauty of the object. β¨ Henry Miller (1961). Tropic of Capricorn, Grove/Atlantic
- One thing is certain, that when you die and are resurrected you belong to the earth and whatever is of the earth is yours inalienably. You become an anomaly of nature, a being without shadow; you wil β¦ βΆ
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