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One can be absolutely truthful and sincere even though admittedly the most outrageous liar. Fiction and invention are of the very fabric of life.

Henry Miller

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Henry Miller
Age: 88 †
Born: 1891
Born: December 26
Died: 1980
Died: June 7
Essayist
Novelist
Painter
Writer
New York City
New York
Genri Miller
Henri Miller
Phineas Flapdoodle
Lying
Liars
Writing
Truthful
Even
Fabric
Life
Sincere
Invention
Absolutely
Admittedly
Fiction
Liar
Though
Outrageous

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