My books are the books that I am, the confused man, the negligent man, the reckless man, the lusty, obscene, boisterous, scrupulous, lying, diabolically truthful man that I am.

Quote by Henry Miller

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There are lone figures armed only with ideas, sometimes with just one idea, who blast...

There are lone figures armed only with ideas, sometimes with just one idea, who blast...

Any genuine philosophy leads to action and from action back again to wonder, to the...

Any genuine philosophy leads to action and from action back again to wonder, to the...

If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.

If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.

The world dies over and over again, but the skeleton always gets up and walks.

The world dies over and over again, but the skeleton always gets up and walks.

One can be absolutely truthful and sincere even though admittedly the most outrageous liar. Fiction...

One can be absolutely truthful and sincere even though admittedly the most outrageous liar. Fiction...

And what is the potential man, after all? Is he not the sum of all...

And what is the potential man, after all? Is he not the sum of all...

We live at the edge of the miraculous.

We live at the edge of the miraculous.

No man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our...

No man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our...

One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.

One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.

Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything except his own nature.

Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything except his own nature.

The new always carries with it the sense of violation, of sacrilege. What is dead...

The new always carries with it the sense of violation, of sacrilege. What is dead...

Why are we so full of restraint? Why do we not give in all directions?...

Why are we so full of restraint? Why do we not give in all directions?...

We do not talk - we bludgeon one another with facts and theories gleaned from...

We do not talk - we bludgeon one another with facts and theories gleaned from...

Whatever needs to be maintained through force is doomed. Whatever there be of progress in...

Whatever needs to be maintained through force is doomed. Whatever there be of progress in...

Los Angeles gives one the feeling of the future more strongly than any city I...

Los Angeles gives one the feeling of the future more strongly than any city I...

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...

The real enemy can always be met and conquered, or won over. Real antagonism is...

The real enemy can always be met and conquered, or won over. Real antagonism is...

The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing...

The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing...

Obscenity is a cleansing process, whereas pornography only adds to the murk.

Obscenity is a cleansing process, whereas pornography only adds to the murk.

The worst sin that can be committed against the artist is to take him at...

The worst sin that can be committed against the artist is to take him at...