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I am of the order whose purpose is not to teach the world a lesson but to explain that school is over.

I am of the order whose purpose is not to teach the world a lesson but to explain that school is over.

Henry Miller

School, Order, Purpose

Henry Miller (2007). “Plexus: The Rosy Crucifixion II”, p.599, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

What I really hoped for, no doubt, was to come upon one of those lives which begin nowhere, which lead us through marshes and salt flats, trickling away, seemingly without plan, purpose or goal, and suddenly emerge, gushing like geysers, and never cease gushing, even in death.

Henry Miller

Goal, Doubt, Purpose

Henry Miller (2007). “Nexus: The Rosy Crucifixion III”, p.129, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.