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Words were all he knew they possessed and overwhelmed him, as if they were a thousand white cats with whom he shared a one-room apartment.

Mark Helprin

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Mark Helprin
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 28
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Journalist
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New York City
New York
Thousand
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Overwhelmed
Knew
Cats
Words
Apartment
White
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Room

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