Quote by Henry Miller
Its silly to go on pretending that under the skin we are all broth

Its silly to go on pretending that under the skin we are all brothers. The truth is more likely that under the skin we are all cannibals, assassins, traitors, liars, hypocrites, poltroons. – 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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Whenever a taboo is broken, something good happens, something vitalizing. Taboos after all are only hangovers, the product of diseased minds, you might say, of fearsome people who hadnt the courage to live and who under the guise of morality and religion have imposed these things upon us. – Henry Miller

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Be careful what you pretend to be because you are what you pretend to be. – Kurt Vonnegut

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We play make believe, pretend to take ourselves and each other seriously–to love each other, hate each other–but then–it isnt true. It isnt true, we dont care at all! – Ugo Betti

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