I believe that Israel is very likely not to survive, it's not going to last forever, and now there's nothing that someone like me can do about it, in that it's a threat of nuclear or biological or chemical attack.
Mark HelprinIt's very painful to be in debt. I'm the kind of person who would rather almost die than go into debt.
Mark HelprinFrom long familiarity, we know what honor is. It is what enables the individual to do right in the face of complacency and cowardice. It is what enables the soldier to die alone, the political prisoner to resist, the singer to sing her song, hardly appreciated, on a side street.
Mark HelprinBecause there were all kinds of hell - some were black and dirty, and some were silvery and high.
Mark Helprin