The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder Quotes

“يجب أن أجلس هنا فحسب، إلى أن يخيم الليل. حين يطلع القمر كل شيءٍ سيكون في مكانه.”
― Henry Miller, The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder

“At no time in the history of man has the world been so full of pain and anguish. Here and there, however, we meet with individuals who are untouched, unsullied, by the common grief. We say of them that they have died to the world. They live in the moment, fully, and the radiance which emanates from them is a perpetual song of joy […] like the clown, we go through the motions, forever simulating, forever postponing the grand event- we die struggling to get born. We never were, never are. We are always in the process of becoming. Forever outside”
― Henry Miller, The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder

“كان السلم يصعد مباشرة إلى القمر الذي يقع وراء النجوم، وهو قمر بعيد على نحو لانهائي، ملصق كقرص متجمد على القبة في الأعلى.”
― Henry Miller, The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder

“السيرك هو ساحة صغيرة من النسيان مغلقة يساعدنا لفترة على ان نفقد انفسنا، ونتلاشى في الدهشة والبركة .”
― هنري ميلر, The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder

“Като клоуна играем роли, вечно симулирайки, вечно отлагайки най-важното събитие. Умираме, докато се мъчим да се родим. Всъщност никога не сме се родили, никога не се раждаме. Ние винаги сме в процес да ставаме нещо, винаги откъснати и изолирани. Винаги отвън. [Хенри Милър - Усмивката в подножието на стълбата]”
― Henry Miller, The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder