I have always looked upon decay as being just as wonderful and rich an expression of life as growth.
Henry MillerYou must be life for me to the very end," so he writes. "That is the only way in which to sustain my idea of you. Because you have gotten, as you see, tied up with something so vital to me, I do not think I shall ever shake you off. Nor do I wish to. I want you to live more vitally every day, as I am dead. That is why, when I speak of you to others, I am just a bit ashamed. It's hard to talk of one's self so intimately
Henry MillerIt is with the soul that we grasp the essence of another human being, not with the mind, nor even with the heart.
Henry MillerBut you canโt put fight into a manโs guts if he hasnโt any fight in him. There are some of us so cowardly that you canโt ever make heroes of us, not even if you frighten us to death. We know too much, maybe. There are some of us who donโt live in the moment, who live a little ahead, or a little behind.
Henry Miller