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Surrealism is merely the reflection of the death process. It is one of the manifestations of a life becoming extinct, a virus which quickens the inevitable end.

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
Reflection
Quickens
Merely
Surrealism
Becoming
Extinct
Process
Virus
Death
Manifestations
Ends
Viruses
Life
Manifestation
Inevitable

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