Генри Миллер: Цитаты на английском языке (страница 2)

“I made up my mind that I would hold onto nothing, that I would expect nothing.”

“I'm a bit retarded, like most Americans.”

“The man who is forever disturbed about the condition of humanity either has no problems of his own or has refused to face them.”

“Life's wildest moment---she kneels on the sidewalk. Everything else she does is lies, lies.”

“I have always looked upon decay as being just as wonderful and rich an expression of life as growth.”

“Whoever uses the spirit that is
in him creatively is an artist. To
make living itself an art, that is
the goal.”

“We do not talk - we bludgeon one another with facts and theories gleaned from cursory readings of newspapers, magazines and digests.”

“Do not be duped by little duties. Do not be a chore man all your days.”

“The goal of life is not to possess power but to radiate it.”

“I'm delirious because I'm dying so fast.”

“We are dancing in the hollow of nothingness. We are one flesh, but separated like stars.”

“Even the idiot may have a message for us”

“There's something perverse about women… they're all masochists at heart.”

“Madness is tonic and invigorating. It makes the sane more sane. The only ones who are unable to profit by it are the insane.”

“have you ever seen a genius out there looking for a job? it's the saddest thing in the world. no one will hire him. there is only one place where he is always welcome- at the bottom.”

“It is with the soul that we grasp the essence of another person, not with the mind, not even with the heart.”

“The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware. In this state of god-like awareness one sings; in this realm the world exists as poem.”

“My understanding of the meaning of a book is that the book itself disappears from sight, that it is chewed alive, digested and incorporated into the system as flesh and blood which in turn creates new spirit and reshapes the world.”

“But it's just because the chances are all against you, just because there is so little hope, that life is sweet over here.”