Quotes by Henry Miller, Tropic of Capricorn

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I had a microscopic eye for the blemish, for the grain of ugliness which to me constituted the sole beauty of the object — Henry Miller, Tropic of Capricorn
And when he got through I felt for the first time that there had really been a war and that the man I was listening had — Henry Miller, Tropic of Capricorn
What strikes me now as the most wonderful proof of my fitness, or unfitness, for the times is the fact that nothing peop — Henry Miller, Tropic of Capricorn
It was a crushing defeat, but it put iron in my backbone and sulphur in my blood. I knew at least what it was to fail. I — Henry Miller, Tropic of Capricorn
I wanted to feel the blood running back into my veins, even at the cost of annihilation. I wanted to shake the stone and — Henry Miller, Tropic of Capricorn
Every time you come to the limit of what is demanded of you, you are faced with the same problem-to be yourself! — Henry Miller, Tropic of Capricorn
I wanted a metamorphosis, a change to fish, to leviathan, to destroyer. I wanted the earth to open up, to swallow everyt — Henry Miller, Tropic of Capricorn
No stone was laid upon· another with love or reverence; no street was laid for dance or joy. One thing has been added to — Henry Miller, Tropic of Capricorn
Before I shall have become a man again I shall probably exist as a park, a sort of natural park in which people come to — Henry Miller, Tropic of Capricorn