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Real love is never perplexed, never qualifies, never rejects, never demands. It replenishes, by grace of restoring unlimited circulation. It burns, because it knows the true meaning of sacrifice. It is life illuminated.

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
Love
Demands
Qualifies
Life
Demand
Illuminated
Sacrifice
Perplexed
Meaning
Restoring
Grace
Circulation
True
Burns
Real
Unlimited
Never
Rejects

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