The prisoner is not the one who has commited a crime, but the one who …

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The prisoner is not the one who has commited a crime, but the one who clings to his crime and lives it over and over. ✨ Henry Miller (2007). Sexus: The Rosy Crucifixion I, p.341, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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The prisoner is not the one who has commited a crime, but the one who clings to his crime and lives it over and over. ✨ Henry Miller (2007). Sexus: The Rosy Crucifixion I, p.341, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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