I had a microscopic eye for the blemish, for the grain of ugliness whi…

Henry Miller
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I had a microscopic eye for the blemish, for the grain of ugliness which to me constituted the sole beauty of the object. ✨ Henry Miller (1961). Tropic of Capricorn, Grove/Atlantic
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I had a microscopic eye for the blemish, for the grain of ugliness which to me constituted the sole beauty of the object. ✨ Henry Miller (1961). Tropic of Capricorn, Grove/Atlantic

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