The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to …

Henry Miller
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The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are initiated into the mysteries. Communication then is secondary: it is perpetuation which is important. For this only one good reader is necessary. ✨ Henry Miller (1959). The Henry Miller Reader, p.246, New Directions Publishing
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