A book is not only a friend, it makes friends for you. When… - Henry Miller

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A book is not only a friend, it makes friends for you. When you have possessed a book with mind and spirit, you are enriched. But when you pass it on you are enriched threefold.

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Henry Valentine Miller (26 December 1891 – 7 June 1980) was an American writer and artist. He was known for developing a new type of semi-autobiographical novel that blended character study, social criticism, philosophical reflection, stream of consciousness, explicit language, sex, surrealist free association, and mysticism.

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Native Name: Henry Valentine Miller

Alternative Names: Genri Miller • Henri Miller • Phineas Flapdoodle

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أولئك المجانين يتلاعبون بالخيال حينما يحبطون في الواقع

America is no place for an artist: to be an artist is to be a moral leper, an economic misfit, a social liability. A corn-fed hog enjoys a better life than a creative writer, painter or musician. To be a rabbit is better still.

I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.

A book is not only a friend, it makes friends for you. When you have possessed a book with mind and spirit, you are enriched. But when you pass it on… - Henry Miller

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