Quotes from work

A Soldier of the Great War

“I'm not afraid," Rafi said.
"Why not?"
"If I die tomorrow it will have been useless to have been afraid today.”

Mark Helprin A Soldier of the Great War

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“To see the beauty of the world is to put your hands on lines that run uninterrupted through life and through death. Touching them is an act of hope, for perhaps someone on the other side, if there is another side, is touching them, too.”

Mark Helprin A Soldier of the Great War

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“If it weren't for music, I would think that love is mortal.”

Mark Helprin A Soldier of the Great War

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“And how does God speak to you?"
"In the language of everything that is beautiful.”

Mark Helprin A Soldier of the Great War

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