He is trying to recapture his innocence, yet all he succeeds in doing (by writing) is to inoculate the world with a virus of his disillusionment.

Henry Miller
He is trying to recapture his innocence, yet all he...
He is trying to recapture his innocence, yet all he...
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The quote, “He is trying to recapture his innocence, yet all he succeeds in doing (by writing) is to inoculate the world with a virus of his disillusionment,” is a reference to J. D. Salinger and the idea of writing as a way for people to recapture their youth and innocence. The quote also says that people who write about their disillusionment end up having it spread through their writings rather than being able to recapture those feelings from the past.

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