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Tropic of Cancer
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"Tropic of Cancer" Quotes

An expatriate writer navigates the chaotic and immoral world of Paris in the 1930s.

Quotes

I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.

Henry Miller

I want nothing. I long for nothing. I am free.

Henry Miller

Destruction is the only form of creation.

Henry Miller

She was my whore and I was her pimp.

Henry Miller

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be.

Henry Miller

I am motivated by the purpose of the spirit which projects me beyond myself.

Henry Miller

A thought, even a possibility, can shatter and transform us.

Henry Miller

There is no salvation in becoming adapted to a world which is crazy.

Henry Miller

I wanted to forget everything.

Henry Miller

The only thing that counts is what you're drippin' from your fingertips.

Henry Miller