Henry Miller

United States
26 Dec 1891 // 7 Jun 1980
Writer

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Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such.
It is with the soul that we grasp the essence of another human being, not with the mind, nor even with the heart.
True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself.
Life has to be given a meaning because of the obvious fact that it has no meaning.
Sex is one of the nine reasons for reincarnation. The other eight are unimportant.
It's good to be just plain happy, it's a little better to know that you're happy; but to understand that you're happy and to know why and how and still be happy, be happy in the being and the knowing, well that is beyond happiness, that is bliss.
Do anything, but let it produce joy. Do anything, but let it yield ecstasy.

Tropic of Cancer
I�m an egotist, but I�m not selfish. There�s a difference. I�m a neurotic, I guess. I can�t stop thinking about myself. It isn�t that I think myself so important... I simply can�t think about anything else, that�s all. If I could fall in love with a woman that might help some. But I can�t find a woman who interests me.

Tropic of Cancer
To have her here in bed with me, breathing on me, her hair in my mouth�I count that something of a miracle.

Tropic of Cancer
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