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At the bottom of every frozen heart there is a drop or two of love―just enough to feed the birds.

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
Every
Feed
Love
Birds
Drop
Bottom
Bird
Two
Enough
Heart
Frozen

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