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Quotes by Henry Miller
(1891 - 1980)


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AmericaThe American way is to seduce a man by bribery and make a prostitute of him. Or else to ignore him, starve him into submission and make a hack out of him.
AmericaI have never been able to look upon America as young and vital, but rather as prematurely old, as a fruit which rotted before it had a chance to ripen. The word which gives the key to the national vice is waste.
AmericansAmericans can eat garbage, provided you sprinkle it liberally with ketchup, mustard, chili sauce, tobasco sauce, cayenne pepper, or any other condiment which destroys the original flavor of the dish.
BrotherhoodIt's silly to go on pretending that under the skin we are all brothers. The truth is more likely that under skin we are all cannibals, assassins, traitors, liars, hypocrites, poltroons.
ConfusionConfusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not understood.
PoliticiansOne has to be a lowbrow, a bit of a murderer, to be a politician, ready and willing to see people sacrificed, slaughtered, for the sake of an idea, whether a good one or a bad one.
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