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Henry Miller

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The legal system is often a mystery, and we, its priests, preside over rituals baffling to everyday citizens.

Henry Miller

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Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything except his own nature.

Henry Miller

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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

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What holds the world together, as I have learned from bitter experience, is sexual intercourse.

Henry Miller

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A man of good will with a little effort and belief in his own powers can enjoy a deep, tranquil, rich life — provided he go his own way.... To live one's own life is still the best way of life, always was, and always will be.

Henry Miller

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I am a patriot—of the 14th Ward Brooklyn, where I was raised. The rest of the United States doesn’t exist for me, except as idea, or history, or literature.

Henry Miller

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What's a fuck when what I want is love?

Henry Miller

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