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Everyone has his own reality in which, if one is not too cautious, timid or frightened, one swims. This is the only reality there is.

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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
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Frightened
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