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Man torturing man is a fiend beyond description. You turn a corner in the dark and there he is. You congeal into a bundle of inanimate fear. You become the very soul of anesthesia. But there is no escaping him. It is your turn now.

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
Become
Corner
Torturing
Soul
Torture
Anesthesia
Men
Corners
Fiend
Beyond
Inanimate
Turn
Bundle
Dark
Bundles
Turns
Escaping
Fear
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