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Mark Helprinis 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”.
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About the Mark Helprin
Mark Helprinis 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”.
6 Quotes by Mark Helprin
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Of course, you would have to be insane to hope your child grows up to be a playwright or poet. Given the odds, you would have to be quite cavalier about your children’s future.
Mark HelprinAmerican author, journalist, and commentator
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Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.
Mark HelprinAmerican author, journalist, and commentator
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If it wasn’t for music, I would think that love is mortal.
Mark HelprinAmerican author, journalist, and commentator
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The greatest fight is when you are fighting in the smoke and cannot see with your eyes.
Mark HelprinAmerican author, journalist, and commentator
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The human race is intoxicated with narrow victories, for life is a string of them like pearls that hit the floor when the rope breaks, and roll away in perfection and anarchy.
Mark HelprinAmerican author, journalist, and commentator
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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.
Mark HelprinAmerican author, journalist, and commentator