"I have to confess that I have so……" — Mark Helprin
"I have to confess that I have so rarely experienced triumph that I cannot claim to know it well enough to judge, but it seems to be at best a momentary joy followed instantly by sadness, and, then, of necessity, by wariness."
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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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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 been fighting over commas all my life.
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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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