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Every man is working out his destiny in his own way and nobody can be of any help except by being kind, generous, and patient.
Henry Miller
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Henry Miller
Age: 88 †
Born: 1891
Born: December 26
Died: 1980
Died: June 7
Essayist
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New York City
New York
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The tragedy of it is that nobody sees the look of desperation on my face. Thousands and thousands of us, and we're passing one another without a look of recognition.
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The enchanting, and sometimes terrifying, thing is that the world can be so many things to so many different souls. That it can be, and is, all these things at once and the same time.
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I am living at the Villa Borghese. There is not a crumb of dirt anywhere, nor a chair misplaced. We are all alone here and we are dead.
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Everything was for tomorrow, but tomorrow never came. The present was only a bridge and on this bridge they are still groaning, as the world groans, and not one idiot ever thinks of blowing up the bridge.
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When spring comes to Paris the humblest mortal alive must feel that he dwells in paradise.
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The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.
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I have always looked upon decay as being just as wonderful and rich an expression of life as growth.
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