Henry Miller

We create our fate every day we live

We create our fate every day we live

The world is not to be put in order; the world is order, incarnate. It is for us to harmonize read more

The world is not to be put in order; the world is order, incarnate. It is for us to harmonize with this order.

The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent read more

The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.

The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are read more

The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are initiated into the mysteries. Communication then is secondary: it is perpetuation which is important. For this only one good reader is necessary.

It isn't the oceans which cut us off from the world -- it's the American way of looking at things.

It isn't the oceans which cut us off from the world -- it's the American way of looking at things.