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Mark Helprin Quotes: I saw how greatly he suffered the requirement of being clever. It separated him from his soul, and it didn't get him anything other than a living
         

I saw how greatly he suffered the requirement of being clever. It separated him from his soul, and it didn't get him anything other than a living


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And if you were a spirit, and time did not bind you, and patience and love were all you knew, then there you would wait for someone to return, and the story to unfold.



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Marxists are people whose insides are torn up day after day because they want to rule the world and no one will even publish their letter to the editor.



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