Arthur Hoyle > Quotes

“begin all over again. Cancer then is the apogee of death in life, as Capricorn is of life in death. The two symbols are found in geography as tropics (which is another word for hieroglyphics), Cancer lying above the equator and Capricorn below. Myself am trying to walk the hair line which separates the two. The line is only imaginary—there is no boundary line to reality.”
― Arthur Hoyle, The Unknown Henry Miller: A Seeker in Big Sur

“O LAKE OF LIGHT” Risen from the milky sward I saw the one I love with flower And on her breast an unborn moon O wondrous moon! O lake of light! The grass so green is turning white O moon, O wondrous lake of light! Milk of fire upon her tongue Drew birds of jade and betel gum Run river run! The world of late grown small Now achieves its just dimension The one I love grown big with flower Wheels within the lunar hour Birds of jade in milky fire Mitigate the heart’s desire Then run, river, run, as runs the sun For none are born except the one That lies upon the breast undone The moon unborn is chill as night The heart is like a lake of light Flower, moon, milk of fire These together do conspire Take wing, strange birds, take wing! —Henry Miller”
― Arthur Hoyle, The Unknown Henry Miller: A Seeker in Big Sur

“In the street you learn what human beings really are; otherwise, or afterwards, you invent them. What is not in the open street is false, derived, that is to say, literature.”
― Arthur Hoyle, The Unknown Henry Miller: A Seeker in Big Sur