...this marvelous graceful thing, this joy of physics, this perfect ba…

Mark Helprin
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...this marvelous graceful thing, this joy of physics, this perfect balance between rebellion and obedience, is God's own signature on earth. ✨ Mark Helprin (1983). Winter's Tale, p.86, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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...this marvelous graceful thing, this joy of physics, this perfect balance between rebellion and obedience, is God's own signature on earth. ✨ Mark Helprin (1983). Winter's Tale, p.86, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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