Henry Miller
Henry Miller
Henry Valentine Millerwas an American writer. He was known for breaking with existing literary forms, developing a new sort of semi-autobiographical novel that blended character study, social criticism, philosophical reflection, explicit language, sex, surrealist free association and mysticism. His most characteristic works of this kind are Tropic of Cancer, Black Spring, Tropic of Capricornand The Rosy Crucifixion trilogy, all of which are based on his experiences in New York and Paris, and all of which were banned in the United...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAutobiographer
Date of Birth26 December 1891
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
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Nine-tenths of our sickness can be prevented by right thinking plus right hygiene - nine-tenths of it!
All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience.
A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.
We can't go into town and buy clothes, so we supply that for our people,
Who wants to live to be a hundred? What's the point of it? A short life and a merry one is far better than a long life sustained by fear, caution and perpetual medical surveillance
If I am against the condition of the world, it is not because I am a moralist - it is because I want to laugh more.
What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their ability to act according to their beliefs.
The world is not to be put in order; the world is order, incarnate. It is for us to harmonize with this order.
The only thing we never get enough of is love; and the only thing we never give enough of is love.
When shit becomes valuable, the poor will be born without assholes.
The world is not to be put in order, the world is order incarnate. It is for us to put ourselves in unison with this order.
The prisoner is not the one who has committed a crime, but the one who clings to his crime and lives it over and over.
We create our fate every day we live