People are like lice - they get under your skin and bury themselves th…

Henry Miller
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People are like lice - they get under your skin and bury themselves there. You scratch and scratch until the blood comes, but you can't get permanently deloused. ✨ Henry Miller, John Calder (1985). A Henry Miller reader, Riverrun Pr
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People are like lice - they get under your skin and bury themselves there. You scratch and scratch until the blood comes, but you can't get permanently deloused. ✨ Henry Miller, John Calder (1985). A Henry Miller reader, Riverrun Pr

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