For what can be imagined more beautiful than the sight of a perfectly just city rejoicing in justice alone. — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
All rivers run full to the sea; those who are apart are brought together; the lost ones are redeemed; the dead come… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
Why do people resist [engines, bridges, and cities] so? They are symbols and products of the imagination, which is the force that… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
“I see no justice in that plan." "Who said," lashed out Isaac Penn, "that you, a man, can always perceive justice? Who… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
“The perfect simplicity of salvation is broken up upon these rocks that we have built, and scattered for us to ponder and… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
Justice can sleep for years and awaken when it is least expected. A miracle is nothing more than dormant justice from another… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
Who said that justice is what you imagine? Can you be sure that you know it when you see it, that you… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
Justice came from a fight amid complexities, and required all the virtues in the world merely to be perceived. — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
There is justice in the world, Peter Lake, but it cannot be had without mystery. — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
“In the eyes of God, all things are interlinked; justice does indeed spring in great surprise from the acts and consequences of… — 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 Image
Because there were all kinds of hell - some were black and dirty, and some were silvery and high. — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
“In living, one muddles through the years for the sake of those one or two moments which are indisputably great.” — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
For what can be imagined more beautiful than the sight of a perfectly just city rejoicing in justice alone. — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image