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> [“Music was a chain forged half of silences and half of sound, love was nothing without longing and loss, and were time not to have at its end the absence of time, and the absence of time not to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-helprin/music-was-a-chain-forged-half-of-silences-and-half-of-sound-love-was/)

[Mark Helprin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-helprin/)

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## More by Mark Helprin

> [“Defiance, Catherine, is a gift of God, who is superior to nature. When nature comes to get you, honor God by treating it, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-helprin/defiance-catherine-is-a-gift-of-god-who-is-superior-to-nature-when/)

[Mark Helprin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-helprin/)

> [Because there were all kinds of hell - some were black and dirty, and some were silvery and high.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-helprin/because-there-were-all-kinds-of-hell-some-were-black-and-dirty-and/)

[Mark Helprin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-helprin/)

> [“In living, one muddles through the years for the sake of those one or two moments which are indisputably great.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-helprin/in-living-one-muddles-through-the-years-for-the-sake-of-those-one-or/)

[Mark Helprin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-helprin/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-helprin/do-you-know-why-you-walk-slowly-when-you-re-old-no-because-with-age/)

[Mark Helprin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-helprin/)

> [The British monarchy has the political and constitutional task of subtracting from the government and governors of Britain the papal and kingly airs that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-helprin/the-british-monarchy-has-the-political-and-constitutional-task-of/)

[Mark Helprin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-helprin/)

> [“Your time is a good time, and though I have to leave, you can stay. How lucky you are to be in the city…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-helprin/your-time-is-a-good-time-and-though-i-have-to-leave-you-can-stay-how/)

[Mark Helprin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-helprin/)

> [Truth is no rounder than a horse's eye.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-helprin/truth-is-no-rounder-than-a-horse-s-eye/)

[Mark Helprin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-helprin/)

> [They were dancing around the fountain, arm in arm, in an old Dutch dance, their cheeks touching, their hands entwined. They had no music;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-helprin/they-were-dancing-around-the-fountain-arm-in-arm-in-an-old-dutch/)

[Mark Helprin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-helprin/)

> [For what can be imagined more beautiful than the sight of a perfectly just city rejoicing in justice alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-helprin/for-what-can-be-imagined-more-beautiful-than-the-sight-of-a-perfectly/)

[Mark Helprin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-helprin/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-helprin/i-follow-my-own-nose-so-i-read-things-that-are-different-people-will/)

[Mark Helprin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-helprin/)

> [“If all the months and all their days could be like June weather in New York, there would be paradise on earth. Often, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-helprin/if-all-the-months-and-all-their-days-could-be-like-june-weather-in/)

[Mark Helprin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-helprin/)

> [“At least until there are new lakes in the clouds that open upon living cities as yet unknown, and perhaps forever, that is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-helprin/at-least-until-there-are-new-lakes-in-the-clouds-that-open-upon/)

[Mark Helprin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-helprin/)

> [You will most appreciate 'Freddy and Fredericka' if you are familiar with the story of the Fall, the Good Hermit, 'Tom Jones,' 'Huckleberry Finn,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-helprin/you-will-most-appreciate-freddy-and-fredericka-if-you-are-familiar/)

[Mark Helprin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-helprin/)

> [their powerlessness, innocence, and imagination fused to enable them to turn time inside out, travel on the wind, and enter the souls of animals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-helprin/their-powerlessness-innocence-and-imagination-fused-to-enable-them-to/)

[Mark Helprin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-helprin/)

> ['Freeing' a literary work into the public domain is less a public benefit than a transfer of wealth from the families of American writers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-helprin/freeing-a-literary-work-into-the-public-domain-is-less-a-public/)

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