Henry Miller

Whatever needs to be maintained through force is doomed.

The world is not to be put in order; the world is order, incarnate. It is for us to harmonize with this order.

All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience.

The judge said I was a menace to society because I had put crime on a scientific basis.

Why do we cling to bigotry? Because bigotry, plainly, is convenient. It is a near-effortless way to both elevate one's stature and make a pity grab in this culture of victims that we have become.