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To the man whose senses are alive and alert there is not even the need to stir from one's threshold.

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
Senses
Whose
Alive
Need
Needs
Stir
Even
Alert
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