The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who wo…

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 (2007). Sexus: The Rosy Crucifixion I, p.339, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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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 (2007). Sexus: The Rosy Crucifixion I, p.339, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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