I see America spreading disaster. I see America as a black curse upon the world. I see a long night settling in and that mushroom which has poisoned the world withering at the roots.

Quote by Henry Miller

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The tragedy of it is that nobody sees the look of desperation on my face....

The tragedy of it is that nobody sees the look of desperation on my face....

I have never been able to look upon America as young and vital but rather...

I have never been able to look upon America as young and vital but rather...

My books are the books that I am, the confused man, the negligent man, the...

My books are the books that I am, the confused man, the negligent man, the...

It does me good to write a letter which is not a response to a...

It does me good to write a letter which is not a response to a...

If we are always arriving and departing, it is also true that we are eternally...

If we are always arriving and departing, it is also true that we are eternally...

Art is only a means to life, to the life more abundant. It is not...

Art is only a means to life, to the life more abundant. It is not...

I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.

I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.

The stabbing horror of life is not contained in calamities and disasters, because these things...

The stabbing horror of life is not contained in calamities and disasters, because these things...

We live at the edge of the miraculous.

We live at the edge of the miraculous.

Every man with a bellyful of the classics is an enemy to the human race.

Every man with a bellyful of the classics is an enemy to the human race.

When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to...

When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to...

Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it...

Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it...

In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.

In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.

The real leader has no need to lead - he is content to point the...

The real leader has no need to lead - he is content to point the...

Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept...

Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept...

Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music -...

Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music -...

The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who...

The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who...

Life is constantly providing us with new funds, new resources, even when we are reduced...

Life is constantly providing us with new funds, new resources, even when we are reduced...

Example moves the world more than doctrine. The great exemplars are the poets of action,...

Example moves the world more than doctrine. The great exemplars are the poets of action,...

Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack. We...

Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack. We...