She may be lying in bed reading a book, she may be making love with a prize fighter, or she may be running like mad through a field of stubble, one shoe one, one shoe off, a man named Corn Cob pursuing her hotly. Wherever she is I am standing in complete darkness; her absence blots me out.


Genius and lust: a journey through the major writings of Henry Miller (ed. Grove Press, 1976)

Henry Miller Quotes

She may be lying in bed reading a book, she may be making love with a prize fighter, or she may be running like mad through a field of stubble, one...

She may be lying in bed reading a book, she may be making love with a prize fighter, or she may be running like mad through a field of stubble, one...

She may be lying in bed reading a book, she may be making love with a prize fighter, or she may be running like mad through a field of stubble, one...

She may be lying in bed reading a book, she may be making love with a prize fighter, or she may be running like mad through a field of stubble, one...