We should read to give our souls a chance to luxuriate.

Quote by Henry Miller

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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.

One has to be a lowbrow, a bit of a murderer, to be a politician,...

One has to be a lowbrow, a bit of a murderer, to be a politician,...

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,...

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...

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...

The ordinary man is involved in action, the hero acts. An immense difference.

The ordinary man is involved in action, the hero acts. An immense difference.

There is nothing strange about fear: no matter in what guise it presents itself it...

There is nothing strange about fear: no matter in what guise it presents itself it...

The Teutons have been singing the swan song ever since they entered the ranks of...

The Teutons have been singing the swan song ever since they entered the ranks of...

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...

What does it matter how one comes by the truth so long as one pounces...

What does it matter how one comes by the truth so long as one pounces...

Life, as it is called, is for most of us one long postponement.

Life, as it is called, is for most of us one long postponement.

Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not yet understood

Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not yet understood

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?...

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...

Reality is not protected or defended by laws, proclamations, ukases, cannons and armadas. Reality is...

Reality is not protected or defended by laws, proclamations, ukases, cannons and armadas. Reality is...

An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist...

An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist...

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...

Whatever I do is done out of sheer joy; I drop my fruits like a...

Whatever I do is done out of sheer joy; I drop my fruits like a...

Honest criticism means nothing: what one wants is unrestrained passion, fire for fire.

Honest criticism means nothing: what one wants is unrestrained passion, fire for fire.

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...