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The only law which is really lived up to wholeheartedly and with a vengeance is the law of conformity.

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
Law
Freedom
Really
Wholeheartedly
Vengeance
Conformity
Lived
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I demanded a realm in which I should be both master and slave at the same time: The world of art is the only such realm.
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