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Quote by Henry Miller
In the attempt to defeat death man has been inevitably obliged to

In the attempt to defeat death man has been inevitably obliged to defeat life, for the two are inextricably related. Life moves on to death, and to deny one is to deny the other. – Henry Miller

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The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough is love. – Henry Miller

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The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who would chop off his limbs in order to have artificial ones which will give him no pain or trouble. – Henry Miller

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Madness is tonic and invigorating. It makes the sane more sane. The only ones who are unable to profit by it are the insane. – Henry Miller

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Rock and menopause do not mix. It is not good, it sucks and every day I fight it to the death, or, at the very least, not let it take me over. – Stevie Nicks

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Death is delightful. Death is dawn, The waking from a weary night Of fevers unto truth and light. – James Russell Lowell

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In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism. – Hannah Arendt

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