I felt free and chained at the same time - like one feels just before …

Henry Miller
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I felt free and chained at the same time - like one feels just before election, when all the crooks have been nominated and you are beseeched to vote for the right man. ✨ Henry Miller (1959). The Henry Miller Reader, p.39, New Directions Publishing
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I felt free and chained at the same time - like one feels just before election, when all the crooks have been nominated and you are beseeched to vote for the right man. ✨ Henry Miller (1959). The Henry Miller Reader, p.39, New Directions Publishing

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