All the lies and evasions by which man has nourished himself civilization, in a word is the fruits of the creative artist. It is the creative nature of man which has refused to let him lapse back into that unconscious unity with life which characterizes the animal world from which he made his escape.
Henry MillerWhat holds the world together, as I have learned from bitter experience, is sexual intercourse.
Henry MillerRemorse is impotence; it will sin again. Only repentance is strong - it can end everything.
Henry MillerThe 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