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I too love everything that flows: rivers, sewers, lava…

“I too love everything that flows: rivers, sewers, lava, semen, blood, bile, words, sentences. I love the amniotic fluid when it spills out of the bag. I love the kidney with it’s painful gall-stones, it’s gravel and what-not; I love the urine that pours out scalding and the clap that runs…” quote by Henry Miller
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“I too love everything that flows: rivers, sewers, lava, semen, blood, bile, words, sentences. I love the amniotic fluid when it spills out of the bag. I love the kidney with it’s painful gall-stones, it’s gravel and what-not; I love the urine that pours out scalding and the clap that runs endlessly; I love the words of hysterics and the sentences that flow on like dysentery and mirror all the sick images of the soul...”

Henry Miller

About This Quote

This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation.

The author celebrates all forms of flow, both bodily and linguistic, as essential to life’s vitality.

In simple terms: Celebrates life’s flowing elements.

Key Takeaway

Embrace all aspects of existence.

Themes

life body language fluidity

Mood

reflective intense

Type

poetic philosophical

When to use this quote

  • artistic creation
  • writing
  • personal reflection

Key Concepts

Existentialism sensualism

Questions to Reflect On

  • How does acknowledging bodily processes affect creativity?
  • What does “flow” mean to you?
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