“Things happen or they don't happen, that's all. Nothing is accomplished by sweat and struggle. Nearly everything which we call life is just insomnia, an agony because we've lost the habit of falling asleep.”

—  Henry Miller

Henry Miller on Writing (1964)

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American novelist 1891–1980

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