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Henry Miller Quotes

Henry Miller quotes

American Author, Writer, Painter December 26, 1891 – June 7, 1980

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There are people in this world who cut such a grotesque figure that even death renders them ridiculous. And the more horrible the death the more ridiculous they seem. It's no use trying to invest the end with a little dignity? you have to be a liar and a hypocrite to discover anything tragic in their going. Henry Miller
If you're great, you can stay that way and people will believe in you, swear by you, turn the world upside down for you. But, if you're only partly great, or just a nobody, then what happens to you is lost. (Read by Henry Miller) Henry Miller
No matter how vast, how total, the failure of man here on earth, the work of man will be resumed elsewhere. War leaders talk of resuming operations on this front and that, but man's front embraces the whole universe. Henry Miller
Henry Miller quote: "Were there a Christian so faithful to his God as I was to her..."
Were there a Christian so faithful to his God as I was to her we would all be Jesus Christ today. Henry Miller
I had no more need of God than He had of me, and if there were one, I often said to myself, I would meet Him calmly and spit in His face. Henry Miller
The city grows like a cancer; I must grow like a sun. The city eats deeper and deeper into the red; it is an insatiable white louse which must die eventually of inanition. I am going to starve the white louse which is eating me up. I am going to die as a city in order to become again a man. Therefore I close my ears, my eyes, my mouth. Henry Miller
Henry Miller quote: "If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods..."
If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will surely become worms. Henry Miller
A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition. Like money, books must be in constant circulation. Lend and borrow to the maximum. Henry Miller
Henry Miller quote: "On the meridian of time, there is no injustice: there is only..."
On the meridian of time, there is no injustice: there is only the poetry of motion creating the illusion of truth and drama. Henry Miller
Paris is like a whore. From a distance she seems ravishing, you can't wait until you have her in your arms. And five minutes later you feel empty, disgusted with yourself. You feel tricked. Henry Miller
Henry Miller quote: "We need good titles."
We need good titles. Henry Miller
Henry Miller quote: "A good meal, a good talk, a good fuck--what better way to pass..."
A good meal, a good talk, a good fuck--what better way to pass the day? Henry Miller
Henry Miller quote: "We live in the mind, in ideas, in fragments. We no longer..."
We live in the mind, in ideas, in fragments. We no longer drink in the wild outer music of the streets - we remember only. Henry Miller
The Teutons have been singing the swan song ever since they entered the ranks of history. They have always confounded truth with death. Henry Miller
Henry Miller quote: "The cancer of time is eating us away"
The cancer of time is eating us away Henry Miller

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