Until it is kindled by a spirit as flamingly alive as the one which ga…

Henry Miller
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Until it is kindled by a spirit as flamingly alive as the one which gave it birth a book is dead to us. Words divested of their magic are but dead hieroglyphs. ✨ Henry Miller (1969). Mémoires, Plaidoiries Et Documents, p.139, New Directions Publishing
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Until it is kindled by a spirit as flamingly alive as the one which gave it birth a book is dead to us. Words divested of their magic are but dead hieroglyphs. ✨ Henry Miller (1969). Mémoires, Plaidoiries Et Documents, p.139, New Directions Publishing

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