It does me good to write a letter which is not a response to a demand,…

Henry Miller
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It does me good to write a letter which is not a response to a demand, a gratuitous letter, so to speak, which has accumulated in me like the waters of a reservoir. ✨ Henry Miller (1952). The books in my life, p.216, Рипол Классик
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It does me good to write a letter which is not a response to a demand, a gratuitous letter, so to speak, which has accumulated in me like the waters of a reservoir. ✨ Henry Miller (1952). The books in my life, p.216, Рипол Классик

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