Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music—the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.

About Henry Miller

Henry Valentine Miller (December 26, 1891 – June 7, 1980) 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,...

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The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts.

—Henry Miller

The imperfections of a man, his frailties, his faults, are just as important as his virtues. You can't separate them. They're wedded.

—Henry Miller

You can travel fifty thousand miles in America without once tasting a piece of good bread.

—Henry Miller

A man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who would chop off his limbs in order to have artificial ones which will give him no pain or trouble.

—Henry Miller

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I didn't have to think up so much as a comma or a semicolon; it was all given, straight from the celestial recording room. Weary, I would beg for a break, an intermission, time enough, let's say, to go to the toilet or take a breath of fresh air on the balcony. Nothing doing!

—Henry Miller

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The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels.

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The absence of flaw in beauty is itself a flaw.

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Like anyone else, there are days I feel beautiful and days I don't, and when I don't, I do something about it.

—Cheryl Tiegs

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What has a man's face to do with his character? Can a man of good character help having a disagreeable face?

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Always live in the ugliest house on the street—then you don't have to look at it.

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Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.