/lit/ - Literature

Thoughts on Henry Miller? A friend recommended the author.

what about henry miller?

>>2691069

>yfw this is what fucked her for most of the 30s

;_;

>>2629954

>yfw this was what was banging her for most of the 30s

;_;

sup /lit/. Pic related, its Henry Miller. I am currently writing an essay on various philosophical subjects..in a strange turn of events, I used a moderately well-known Henry Miller quote: "the aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware: joyously, drunkenly, serenely aware." Well, it seems that this quote may not actually exist in any of his works, at least not in the "Tropic" novels, "Capricorn" being the novel it is supposed to be from.

TL/DR, does anyone know where this goddamned line is so I can cite it?

mfw

Tropic of Cancer
Down and Out in Paris and London

Two of my favourites from that period. Tropic of Cancer is amazing- darkly hilarious, and full of philosophical ramblings and sex. Read it!

What others are there?

What does /lit/ think of Henry Miller?
In the middle of Tropic of Cancer, really enjoying it even though its a little difficult

>>2000632
>>2000639
INTRODUCING THE HEN...RY... MILLEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRR!

MY READERS ARE YOU WITH ME, WHERE YOU AT?
IN THE FRONT, IN THE BACK
NOVELISTS ON ATTACK

WORD, LET ME DROP SOME CRITICISM ON YOU FAKERS
MY BIBLIOGRAPHY CONSISTS OF ONLY THE MOST EXCITING PAPERS
THE HEAT FROM MY FUSION OF STYLES WILL REDUCE Y'ALL TO VAPORS
MY STYLE CAN MOVE THE EARTH LIKE M'A'FUCKIN LANDSCAPERS

SOME BITCHES DON'T LIKE MY DEPICTIONS OF FEMALE CHARACTERS
THEY ALL BEST STEP OFF, STOP OBJECTIN' LIKE A BARRISTER
JUST 'CAUSE OF MY STORIES, YOU THINK I'M SEXIST?
YOU DON'T KNOW ME
YOU'RE TOO STUPID TO HAVE READ SEXUS, PLEXUS, OR NEXUS

PENS DOWN, OR I'LL STICK YOU IN SOME AIR-CONDITIONED NIGHTMARE
AND NOBODY WILL EVER READ THE SCRIBBLES THAT YOU MAKE THERE
OH WAIT, THAT'S NO DIFFERENT FROM WHERE YOU SPENT YOUR WHOLE LIFE
THINKING YOUR STYLE IS SO HOT, WHILE I'M UPSTAIRS WITH YOUR WIFE

YOU EVER EVEN HEARD OF THE TROPIC OF CAPRICORN?
BEFORE YOU WERE EVEN BORN THAT SHIT WAS A THORN
IN THE SIDES OF PISSY LITTLE PRUDES JUST LIKE YOU
WHO WOULDN'T EVEN TOUCH A PUSSY IF THEIR MAMAS TOLD 'EM TO

EVEN CONFINED TO A BED I'M A FORCE THEY CAN'T STOP
WITH JUST A COUPLE OF LETTERS I MADE MISS TEXAS' PANTIES DROP
SO GO HOME ALONE AND HAVE FUN WITH YOUR HAND
'CUZ WE ALL KNOW WHO'S THE REAL FUCKIN' MAN

AND I AIN'T JUST A DUDE WHO SITS ALL DAY AT THE TYPEWRITERS
I MAKE PAINTINGS SO ABSTRACT THEY CONFUSE YOU SILLY BITERS
CHECK OUT MY LITHOGRAPHS AND ETCHINGS, THEY'RE ALL STRAIGHT UP KILLER
YOU KNOW WHY?
'CUZ I'M THE H. MILLER.

>mfw mutants' sight has atrophied from only using vision to read p4k reviews, spending the majority of their time with eyes closed in a dark room listening to one kind of bullshit or another on headphones and within two generations, if bred selectively to one another, will be like cave animals which lack eyes or at best, bats.

POVERTY AND CUNT POVERTY AND CUNT POVERTY AND CUNT POVERTY AND CUNT POVERTY AND CUNT POVERTY AND CUNT POVERTY AND CUNT POVERTY AND CUNT POVERTY AND CUNT POVERTY AND CUNT POVERTY AND CUNT

This fucker

This fucker right here

>>1275248

Everything ever written by Henry Miller?