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He is trying to recapture his innocence, yet all he succeeds in doing (by writing) is to inoculate the world with a virus of his disillusionment.
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
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When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat.
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But it's just because the chances are all against you, just because there is so little hope, that life is sweet over here.
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As long as that spark of passion is missing there is no human significance in the performance.
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Imagination is the voice of daring. If there is anything Godlike about God it is that. He dared to imagine everything.
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The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who would chop off his limbs in order to have artificial ones which will give him no pain or trouble.
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To the man whose senses are alive and alert there is not even the need to stir from one's threshold.
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