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Tropic of Cancer

Miller's groundbreaking first novel, banned in Britain for almost thirty years. A penniless and as yet unpublished writer, Henry Miller arrived in Paris in 1930. Leaving behind a disintegrating marriage and an unhappy career in America, he threw himself i

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“To have her here in bed with me, breathing on me, her hair in my mouth — I count that something of a miracle.”

— Henry Miller, amazon.com

Tagged: Intimacy, Romantic Feeling, Attraction, Infatuation, Love Quote

“To have her here in bed with me, breathing on me, her hair in my mouth—I count that something of a miracle.’”

— Henry Miller, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, Intimacy, romance, Miracle, Togetherness

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

— Henry Miller, amazon.com

Tagged: Letting Go, Holding On, Expectations

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

— Henry Miller, amazon.com

Tagged: Persistence, Dedication, Expectations, Nothing

“At the bottom of every frozen heart there is a drop or two of love.”

— Henry Miller, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, Love (The Concept), Heart and Love

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

— Henry Miller, amazon.com

Tagged: Expectations, Holding On, Avoidance, Beliefs

“I need to be alone. I need to ponder my shame and my despair in seclusion; I need the sunshine and the paving stones of the streets without companions, without conversation, face to face with myself, with only the music of my heart for company.”

— Henry Miller, amazon.com

Tagged: Solitude, Alone, Contemplation

“The only true obscenity is war.’”

— Henry Miller, amazon.com

Tagged: War, 107 Of The Greatest Single Sentences In Literature, Perfect Sentences

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

— Henry Miller, amazon.com

Tagged: Sex, hookups