Henry Miller, Tropic Of Capricorn Quotes
I had a microscopic eye for the blemish, for the grain of ugliness which to me constituted the sole beauty of the object.
Every time you come to the limit of what is demanded of you, you are faced with the same problem-to be yourself!
It was a crushing defeat, but it put iron in my backbone and sulphur in my blood. I knew at least what it was to fail. I knew what it was to attempt something big.