![]() "A wild extravagance, a mad gaiety, a verve, a gusto, at times almost a delirium," is how his friend Anais Nin characterized his work, and Miller himself says of all he's done, "I think it says primarily 'freedom,' freedom in every respect." ![]() "I have so many ailments," he says, "it would take an almanac to list them." It doesn't seem possible.įor if Henry Miller's boisterous writings do anything, if "Tropic of Cancer." "Tropic of Capricorn," "Black Spring" and some 50 other books have any resonances at all, they affirm living, they reek of life. Typed translation from the Chinese on Henry Miller's front door. ![]() One should pass by the door of his house as if no one lived there." It is not seemly to seek out such a man, plague him with chatter, and make him suffer banalities. He has no need of other men, he knows them already and has seen enought of them. ![]() "When a man has reached old age and has fulfilled his mission, he has a right to confront the idea of death in peace. ![]()
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