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Whatever I do I've always done not because I want something but to compensate for a loss, to bring about a balance, to create amends, to make things right.

Mark Helprin

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Mark Helprin
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 28
Author
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
New York City
New York
Whatever
Done
Right
Amends
Compensate
Something
Balance
Make
Loss
Always
Bring
Things
Create

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