"Creative Death", p. 2
• A fragment of Miller's unfinished book on D. H. Lawrence, originally published in the London literary journal Purpose.
• A fragment of Miller's unfinished book on D. H. Lawrence, originally published in the London literary journal Purpose.
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[T]he aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.
— Henry Miller
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• A fragment of Miller's unfinished book on D. H. Lawrence, originally published in the London literary journal Purpose." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Henry Miller
Henry Valentine Miller (26 December 1891 – 7 June 1980) was an American writer and artist. He was known for developing a new type of semi-autobiographical novel that blended character study, social criticism, philosophical reflection, stream of consciousness, explicit language, sex, surrealist free association, and mysticism.
About Henry Miller
Henry Valentine Miller (26 December 1891 – 7 June 1980) was an American writer and artist. He was known for developing a new type of semi-autobiographical novel that blended character study, social criticism, philosophical reflection, stream of consciousness, explicit language, sex, surrealist free association, and mysticism.
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