I need to be alone. I need to ponder my shame and my despair in seclus…

Henry Miller
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I need to be alone. I need to ponder my shame and my despair in seclusion; I need the sunshine and the paving stones of the streets without companions, without conversation, face to face with myself, with only the music of my heart for company. ✨ Henry Miller (1977). Tropic of Cancer
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I need to be alone. I need to ponder my shame and my despair in seclusion; I need the sunshine and the paving stones of the streets without companions, without conversation, face to face with myself, with only the music of my heart for company. ✨ Henry Miller (1977). Tropic of Cancer

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