We create our fate every day . . . most of the ills we suffer from are…

Henry Miller
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We create our fate every day . . . most of the ills we suffer from are directly traceable to our own behavior. ✨ Henry Miller (1957). Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch, p.325, New Directions Publishing
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