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I had to learn to think, feel, and see in a totally new fashion, in an uneducated way, in my own way, which is the hardest thing in the world. I had to throw myself into the current, knowing that I would probably sink.

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
Thing
Totally
Way
Danger
Would
Fashion
Uneducated
Think
Probably
Sink
Thinking
Knowing
Current
World
Learn
Currents
Feel
Throw
Feels
Hardest

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