In daily life language is important, if not in itself, then as a symptom. — 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
I've never had a cup of coffee in my life. I can't even remain in the same room with coffee. — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
I saw how greatly he suffered the requirement of being clever. It separated him from his soul, and it didn't get him… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
One of the things I worked very hard on all my life was to be like everyone else. I tried very hard… — 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
“But each time he received an invitation from the Harvard Club to join…he postponed his application for the time when he could… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
“And then I went out to the ocean. Do you know what it was like? The waves broke, and each time they… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
One thing you will discover is that life is based less than you think on what you’ve learned and much more than… — 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
“The spark of life is not gain. Nor is it luxury. The spark of life is movement. Color. Love. And furthermore...if you… — 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… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
“You believe in entropy, which postulates that all phenomena tend to sink to lower levels of organization and energy, and in evolution,… — 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
How the holy and the profane mix in the light of day and at the end of life is sometimes the most… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
“But, Catherine, everything's that true despite us - the things they're talking about, natural laws - will always remain true despite us.… — 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
“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 human race is intoxicated with narrow victories, for life is a string of them like pearls that hit the floor when… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
He felt as if he were paying for the privilege of music with portions of his life and body. But it was… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
“The obituary writers drew their incomplete sketches, touring through his life like travelers to England who do not ever see swans, sheep,… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
“I wish that, like you, I could have spent my life transported aloft, as it were, every day, in music. Instead, I've… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
“One thing you will discover is that life is based less than you think on what you've learned and much more than… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
In an interview, I lose control even of what I am, for it is the interviewer who edits me, finally, into what… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
I made a boy's mistake, common enough, of thinking that real life was knowing many things and many people, living dangerously in… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
“an old man with a cane may discover that his many years have added nothing to his innocence but proof and explanation,… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
To see the beauty of the world is to put your hands on lines that run uninterrupted through life and through death.… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
The craftless anarchy of the Beat poets on the one hand, and the extreme control of Henry James on the other, suggest… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
As long as you have life and breath, believe. Believe for those who cannot. Believe even if you have stopped believing. Believe… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
“In a life, or a portion of a life illuminated, there's a fullness and a balance that no theory or abstraction can… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
I had a period in my life, maybe a decade or so, in which I was involved in that kind of thing,… — 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
