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" Madness is tonic and invigorating. It makes the sane more sane. The only ones who are unable to profit by it are the insane. "
Henry Miller
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" No man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our destiny to. The only way in which anyone can lead us is to restore to us the belief in our own guidance. "
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" Why are we so full of restraint? Why do we not give in all directions? Is it fear of losing ourselves? Until we do lose ourselves there is no hope of finding ourselves. "
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" Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything except his own nature. "
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" If I am against the condition of the world, it is not because I am a moralist - it is because I want to laugh more. "
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" I have never been able to look upon America as young and vital but rather as prematurely old, as a fruit which rotted before it had a chance to ripen. "
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" We live in the mind, in ideas, in fragments. We no longer drink in the wild outer music of the streets - we remember only. "
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" No matter how vast, how total, the failure of man here on earth, the work of man will be resumed elsewhere. War leaders talk of resuming operations on this front and that, but man's front embraces the whole universe. "
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