The world is the mirror of myself dying.

Quote by Henry Miller

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Sin, guilt, neurosis; they are one and the same, the fruit of the tree of...

Sin, guilt, neurosis; they are one and the same, the fruit of the tree of...

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously,...

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously,...

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...

We live in the mind, in ideas, in fragments. We no longer drink in the...

We live in the mind, in ideas, in fragments. We no longer drink in the...

I have always looked upon decay as being just as wonderful and rich an expression...

I have always looked upon decay as being just as wonderful and rich an expression...

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....

Civilization is drugs, alcohol, engines of war, prostitution, machines and machine slaves, low wages, bad...

Civilization is drugs, alcohol, engines of war, prostitution, machines and machine slaves, low wages, bad...

It isn't the oceans which cut us off from the world - it's the American...

It isn't the oceans which cut us off from the world - it's the American...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

In the attempt to defeat death man has been inevitably obliged to defeat life, for...

In the attempt to defeat death man has been inevitably obliged to defeat life, for...

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...

Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

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...

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...

The legal system is often a mystery, and we, its priests, preside over rituals baffling...

The legal system is often a mystery, and we, its priests, preside over rituals baffling...

Life is 440 horsepower in a 2-cylinder engine.

Life is 440 horsepower in a 2-cylinder engine.

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...