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I thought, when I came upon her, that I was seizing hold of life... Instead I lost hold of life completely. I reached out for something to attach myself to - and I found nothing. But in reaching out, in the effort to grasp, to attach myself, left high and dry as I was, I nevertheless found something I had not looked for - myself.

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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
Life
High
Reaching
Upon
Looked
Lost
Quiet
Seizing
Left
Completely
Attach
Found
Instead
Grasp
Thought
Hold
Dry
Nothing
Effort
Nevertheless
Something
Came
Reached

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