She knew words no one had ever heard of, and she used words every day that had been mainly dead or sleeping for hundreds of years.
Mark HelprinOne thing you will discover is that life is based less than you think on what youโve learned and much more than you think on what you have inside you from the beginning." Memoir From Antproof Case
Mark Helprin[When] he's here, he's always reading. He says books stop time. I myself think he's crazy...Don't tell anyone, but when he reads something that he likes he gets real happy, turns on the music, and dances by himself, or with a broom sometimes.
Mark HelprinAs it somehow always manages before the winter solstice, but never after, the early darkness was cheerful and promising, even for those who had nothing.
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