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I didn't have to think up so much as a comma or a semicolon it was all given, straight from the celestial recording room. Weary, I would beg for a break, an intermission, time enough, let's say, to go to the toilet or take a breath of fresh air on the balcony. Nothing doing!

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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
Enough
Rooms
Recording
Semicolon
Much
Inspiration
Weary
Intermission
Would
Break
Fresh
Balcony
Time
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Breath
Comma
Think
Given
Breaths
Balconies
Thinking
Didn
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Toilet
Nothing
Air
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Room
Celestial

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