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About Henry Miller

Henry Miller was a 19th-century American novelist. Henry Valentine Miller was an American novelist, short story writer and essayist. He broke with existing literary forms and developed a new type of semi-autobiographical novel that blends character study, social criticism, philosophical reflection, stream of consciousness, explicit language, sex, surrealist free association, and mysticism. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • Creativity — The spark of original thought, invention, and artistic vision
  • Love — Quotes exploring romantic love, compassion, and human connection
  • Poetry — The art of language, rhythm, and emotional expression

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“The world is not to be put in order. The world is order. It is for us to put ourselves in unison with this order.”
— Henry Miller
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“Out yonder they may curse, revile, and torture one another, defile all the human instincts, make a shambles of creation (if it were in their power), but here, no, here, it is unthinkable, here ther...”
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“What's a fuck when what I want is love?”
— Henry Miller
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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.”
— Henry Miller
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“The continent is full of buried violence, of the bones of antediluvian monsters and of lost races of man, of mysteries which are wrapped in doom. The atmosphere is at times so electrical that the s...”
— Henry Miller
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“Let me be, was all I wanted. Be what I am, no matter how I am.”
— Henry Miller
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