Henry Miller
Tropic of Cancer is a novel by Henry Miller, and it stands as the work most closely associated with his name. Miller wrote it in English, the language he used across all his work as a novelist, essayist, short story writer, and correspondent.
Miller was born on December 26, 1891, in Yorkville, and was a United States citizen. He was educated at City College of New York. Beyond his writing, he worked as a painter and watercolorist, making him an artist who moved between literary and visual forms throughout his life. His output as a writer was substantial, ranging from novels such as Tropic of Capricorn, Black Spring, and Quiet Days in Clichy to longer works including The Rosy Crucifixion and Sexus and Plexus. He also wrote The Colossus of Maroussi, The Air-Conditioned Nightmare, and Opus Pistorum.
Miller died on June 7, 1980, in Pacific Palisades. At the time of his death he had produced a wide body of work across fiction, essays, and short stories, with Tropic of Cancer remaining the title most durably attached to his name.
Quotes by Henry Miller
Henry Miller's insights on:
Most of the ills we suffer from are directly traceable to our own behavior. Man is not suffering from the ravages wrought by earthquakes and volcanoes, by tornadoes and tidal waves; he is suffering from his own misdeeds, his own foolishness, his own ignorance and disregard of natural laws.
Certainly paradise, whatever, wherever it be, contains flaws. If it did not, it would be incapable of drawing the hearts of men or angels.
Even when you elect to be absolutely honest it is difficult. Expression seems such a God-given thing— and yet it's not either. It's a lifelong struggle to find yourself.
It is with the soul that we grasp the essence of another human being, not with the mind, not even with the heart.
Nine-tenths of our sickness can be prevented by right thinking plus right hygiene -- nine-tenths of it!
