“Defiance, Catherine, is a gift of God, who is superior to nature. When nature comes to get you, honor God by treating… — 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
“The rich died, too, disappointing all those who thought that somehow they didn't. Peter Lakes had no illusions about mortality. He knew… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
“Beverly had thought how strange and wonderful it would be if the earth were hurled far from its orbit, into the cold… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
...I returned to walking up the mountain, and there, in the dim asexual beauty of reddening dawns and skies that firmed to… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
The treasures of the earth were movement, courage, laughter and love. — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
“Marriages are made in heaven which is why they cause so much trouble on earth.” — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
What I really like to do is to sit quietly and write. All that other stuff is a problem. Publication to reception… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
I am religious by nature, I'm not a nihilist. I don't follow, I don't even know what the tenets of things like… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
“Lake had no illusions about mortality. He knew that it made everyone perfectly equal, and that the treasures of the earth were… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
If Shakespeare thought comedy worthwhile, that means the rest of us can take a break from tragedy now and then without betraying… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
...this marvelous graceful thing, this joy of physics, this perfect balance between rebellion and obedience, is God's own signature on earth. — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
Peter Lake had no illusions about mortality. He knew that it made everyone perfectly equal, and that the treasures of the earth… — 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
