Mark Helprin Quote
Because two propositions can be true at once, he said. Because the world is imperfect. Because we are imperfect. Because sometimes we're called upon to do terrible things. And because we define ourselves in dying, which is, he indicated by motioning with his head toward the arena, what this is. Give us at least that.
Mark Helprin
Because two propositions can be true at once, he said. Because the world is imperfect. Because we are imperfect. Because sometimes we're called upon to do terrible things. And because we define ourselves in dying, which is, he indicated by motioning with his head toward the arena, what this is. Give us at least that.
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About Mark Helprin
Mark Helprin (born June 28, 1947) is an American-Israeli novelist, journalist, conservative commentator, Senior Fellow of the Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy, Fellow of the American Academy in Rome, and Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. While Helprin's fictional works straddle a number of disparate genres and styles, he has stated that he "belongs to no literary school, movement, tendency, or trend".