Sex is one of the nine reasons for reincarnation... The other eight are unimportant.

Your nearness is the nearness of planets. I am the void between you. If I withdraw there will be no void for you to swim in.

Next to love friendship, in my opinion, is the most valuable thing life has to offer.

The study of crime begins with the knowledge of oneself.

And the books you write. They're not you. They're not me sitting here, this Henry Miller. They belong to someone else. It's terrible. You can never rest.

For the moment I can think of nothing— except that I am a sentient being stabbed by the miracle of these waters that reflect a forgotten world.

I believe in saying the truth, coming out with it cold, shocking if necessary, not disguising it.