Famous Henry Miller Quotes

  • When a situation gets so bad that no solution seems possible there is left only murder and suicide, or both. These failing, one becomes a buffoon. – Henry Miller

    When a situation gets so bad that no solution seems possible there is left only murder and suicide, or both. These failing, one becomes a buffoon.– Henry Miller

  • He read as much as his curiosity demanded – which is to say all – Henry Miller

    He read as much as his curiosity demanded – which is to say all– Henry Miller

  • I saw the errors I had made and assumed full responsibility for everything. – Henry Miller

    I saw the errors I had made and assumed full responsibility for everything.– Henry Miller

  • It is almost banal to say so yet it needs to be stressed continually: all is creation, all is change, all is flux, all is metamorphosis. – Henry Miller

    It is almost banal to say so yet it needs to be stressed continually: all is creation, all is change, all is flux, all is metamorphosis.– Henry Miller

  • A beautiful nap this afternoon that put velvet between my vertebrae. – Henry Miller

    A beautiful nap this afternoon that put velvet between my vertebrae.– Henry Miller

  • I am going to sing for you, a little off key perhaps, but I will sing. I will sing while you croak, I will dance over your dirty corpse. – Henry Miller

    I am going to sing for you, a little off key perhaps, but I will sing. I will sing while you croak, I will dance over your dirty corpse.– Henry Miller

  • The world around me is dissolving leaving here and there spots of time. The world is a cancer eating itself away. – Henry Miller

    The world around me is dissolving leaving here and there spots of time. The world is a cancer eating itself away.– Henry Miller

  • One’s destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking things. – Henry Miller

    One’s destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking things.– Henry Miller

  • Even if it doesn’t work, there is something healthy and invigorating about direct action – Henry Miller

    Even if it doesn’t work, there is something healthy and invigorating about direct action– Henry Miller

  • We create our fate every day . . . most of the ills we suffer from are directly traceable to our own behavior. – Henry Miller

    We create our fate every day . . . most of the ills we suffer from are directly traceable to our own behavior.– Henry Miller