“It is said that marriage is a long war between ancient families trapped in close proximity by lust.” — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
“He heard the Baymen tell of war, but they never said it could be harnessed, its head held down, and made to… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
I was raised on the Hudson, in a house that had been the stable of the financier and Civil War general Brayton… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
“If all the months and all their days could be like June weather in New York, there would be paradise on earth.… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
If one accepts Hezbollah's self-description as a resistance movement, in which case one must, in light of the fact that Hezbollah never… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
World War II is the war that made our world. There's no question about that. The history of all the years in… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
I have seen lonely people of advancing age, yet as constant as angels, keeping faith to those they loved who fell in… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
“We like it the way it is. We’re enjoying the oscillating balances, the ongoing war between good and evil, the wonderful small… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
The thing that strikes you most about being a soldier in a war zone and in action to the small extent that… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
Why do you think great leaders and great orations are coincident with wars, revolutions, and the founding or ending of governments and… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
“Young Bindo Altovini, looking out from time, made a perfect coalition with the mountains, the sky, and the tall redheaded woman who… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
“Defiance, Catherine, is a gift of God, who is superior to nature. When nature comes to get you, honor God by treating it, as… — Mark Helprin Copy Share
Because there were all kinds of hell - some were black and dirty, and some were silvery and high. — Mark Helprin Copy Share
“In living, one muddles through the years for the sake of those one or two moments which are indisputably great.” — Mark Helprin Copy Share
“Do you know why you walk slowly when you’re old?” “No.” “Because with age you receive the gift of friction. The less time you… — Mark Helprin Copy Share
The British monarchy has the political and constitutional task of subtracting from the government and governors of Britain the papal and kingly airs that… — Mark Helprin Copy Share
“Your time is a good time, and though I have to leave, you can stay. How lucky you are to be in the city… — Mark Helprin Copy Share
They were dancing around the fountain, arm in arm, in an old Dutch dance, their cheeks touching, their hands entwined. They had no music;… — Mark Helprin Copy Share
For what can be imagined more beautiful than the sight of a perfectly just city rejoicing in justice alone. — Mark Helprin Copy Share
I follow my own nose. So I read things that are different. People will always say to me, "Have you read Robert S. Bosco's… — Mark Helprin Copy Share
“If all the months and all their days could be like June weather in New York, there would be paradise on earth. Often, in… — Mark Helprin Copy Share
“At least until there are new lakes in the clouds that open upon living cities as yet unknown, and perhaps forever, that is a… — Mark Helprin Copy Share
You will most appreciate 'Freddy and Fredericka' if you are familiar with the story of the Fall, the Good Hermit, 'Tom Jones,' 'Huckleberry Finn,'… — Mark Helprin Copy Share
their powerlessness, innocence, and imagination fused to enable them to turn time inside out, travel on the wind, and enter the souls of animals. — Mark Helprin Copy Share
'Freeing' a literary work into the public domain is less a public benefit than a transfer of wealth from the families of American writers… — Mark Helprin Copy Share
