Henry Miller

United States
26 Dec 1891 // 7 Jun 1980
Writer

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Surely every one realizes, at some point along the way, that he is capable of living a far better life than the one he has chosen.

Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
Essays