Jump off. You are a protected individual. Do not fear.
Henry MillerRead
I don't think we should read for instruction but to give our souls a chance to luxuriate.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Reading should nourish our souls rather than just serve as a source of information.
Henry Miller's quote emphasizes the importance of reading as a means to enrich our inner selves. Rather than approaching literature solely for instruction or knowledge, we should allow ourselves to indulge and find joy, beauty, and depth in the experience of reading, letting it nurture our spirit and imagination.
Themes
ReadingEducationSoulLuxuriateJoy
In practice
Example use cases
A book club discussion where members reflect on how literature feeds their imagination.
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Great God! What have I turned into? What right have you people to clutter up my life, steal my time, probe my soul, suckle my thoughts, have me for your companion, confidant, and information bureau? What do you take me for? Am I an entertainer on salary, required every evening to play an intellectual farce under your stupid noses? Am I a slave, bought and paid for, to crawl on my belly in front of you idlers and lay at your feet all that I do and all that I know?
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We are swimming on the face of time and all else has drowned, is drowning, or will drown.
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