on hope: pushing through to the future (miller)

We are in the habit of speaking of “the last frontier,” but wherever there are “individuals” there will always be new frontiers. (18)

…the American way of life is an illusory kind of existence, that the price demanded for the security and abundance it pretends to offer is too great. The presence of these “renegades,” small in number though they be, is but another indication that the machine is breaking down. (18)

"Part One: Oranges of the Millenium," Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymous Bosch, Henry Miller