Once I thought that to be human was the highest aim a man could have, …

Henry Miller
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Once I thought that to be human was the highest aim a man could have, but I see now that it was meant to destroy me. To-day I am proud to say that I am inhuman, that I belong not to men and governments, that I have nothing to do with creeds and principles. I have nothing to do with the creaking machinery of humanity - I belong to the earth! ✨ Henry Miller (1964). Henry Miller on Writing, New Directions Publishing
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