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Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not und

Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not understood. – Henry Miller

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Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack. We give it orders which make no sense. – Henry Miller

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Analysis brings no curative powers in its train; it merely makes us conscious of the existence of an evil, which, oddly enough, is consciousness. – Henry Miller

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The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are initiated into the mysteries. Communication then is secondary: it is perpetuation which is important. For this only one good reader is necessary. – Henry Miller

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The confusion is not my invention. We cannot listen to a conversation for five minutes without being aware of the confusion. It is all around us and our only chance now is to let it in. The only chance of renovation is to open our eyes and see the mess. It is not a mess you can make sense of. – Samuel Beckett

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Try to find your deepest issue in every confusion, and abide by that. – D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

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When people are taken out of their depths they lose their heads, no matter how charming a bluff they may put up. – Source Unknown

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The mere attempt to examine my own confusion would consume volumes. – James Agee

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