This is not a book in the ordinary sense of the word. No, this is a pr…

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This is not a book in the ordinary sense of the word. No, this is a prolonged insult, a gob of spit in the face of art, a kick in the pants to God, Man, Destiny, Time, Love, Beauty... what you will. ✨ Tropic of Cancer ch. 1 (1934)
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Madness is tonic and invigorating. It makes the sane more sane. The only ones who are unable to profit by it are the insane. ✨ Henry Miller (1961). The Cosmological Eye, p.180, New Directions Publish … ▶
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This is not a book in the ordinary sense of the word. No, this is a prolonged insult, a gob of spit in the face of art, a kick in the pants to God, Man, Destiny, Time, Love, Beauty... what you will. ✨ Tropic of Cancer ch. 1 (1934)

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