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Because there were all kinds of hell - some were black and dirty, and some were silvery and high.

Mark Helprin

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Mark Helprin
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 28
Author
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
New York City
New York
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Silvery
Dirty
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Hell
High
Heaven
Black

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