"I have been fighting over commas all my…" — Mark Helprin
"I have been fighting over commas all my life."
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106 Quotes by Mark Helprin
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I saw how greatly he suffered the requirement of being clever. It separated him from his soul, and it didn't…
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The voodoo priest and all his powders were as nothing compared to espresso, cappuccino, and mocha, which are stronger than…
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Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.
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Perhaps passing through the gates of death is like passing quietly through the gate in a pasture fence. On the…
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From long familiarity, we know what honor is. It is what enables the individual to do right in the face…
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If it weren't for music, I would think that love is mortal.
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Who said that justice is what you imagine? Can you be sure that you know it when you see it,…
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No one ever said that you would live to see the repercussions of everything you do, or that you have…
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Not born to be rich, by 1981 I had nonetheless begun to use a PC that required for its operation…
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I have to confess that I have so rarely experienced triumph that I cannot claim to know it well enough…
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To be mad is to feel with excruciating intensity the sadness and joy of a time which has not arrived…
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...I returned to walking up the mountain, and there, in the dim asexual beauty of reddening dawns and skies that…
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I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is…
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We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace.
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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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A friend to all is a friend to none.
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