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Paris in the Present Tense

by Mark Helprin

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“Grief was the celebration of love, those who could feel real grief were lucky to have loved.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Half of a Yellow Sun

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“Never will anyone know you better than he who has known you when everything you have has been stripped away.”
― Mark Helprin, A Soldier of the Great War

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“. Loyalty is the elixir that makes death easy, but it’s also the quality that gives life purpose.”
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“A profession is like a great snake that wraps itself around you. Once you are enwrapped, you are in a slow fight for the rest of your life, and the lightness of youth leaves you.”
― Mark Helprin, A Soldier of the Great War

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