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New York has a trip-hammer vitality which drives you insane with restlessness if you have no inner stabilizer.

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
York
Restlessness
Hammer
Hammers
Vitality
Trip
Drives
Insane
Inner

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