One can see now how the idea of heaven takes hold of men's consciousne…

Henry Miller
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One can see now how the idea of heaven takes hold of men's consciousness, how it gains ground even when all the props have been knocked from under it. There must be another world beside this swamp in which everything is dumped pell-mell. It's hard to imagine what it can be like, this heaven that men dream about. ✨ Henry Miller (1977). Tropic of Cancer
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