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Life Quotes by Mark Helprin
- I have been fighting over commas all my life.
- I've never had a cup of coffee in my life. I can't even remain in the same room with coffee.
- I made a boy's mistake, common enough, of thinking that real life was knowing many things and many people, living dangerously in faraway places, crossing…
- How the holy and the profane mix in the light of day and at the end of life is sometimes the most beautiful thing in…
- The streets of New York and some wards of its venerable institutions were packed with people who, despite being entirely forsaken, had episodes of glory…
- The human race is intoxicated with narrow victories, for life is a string of them like pearls that hit the floor when the rope breaks,…
- As long as you have life and breath, believe. Believe for those who cannot. Believe even if you have stopped believing. Believe for the sake…
- Justice can sleep for years and awaken when it is least expected. A miracle is nothing more than dormant justice from another time arriving to…
- He felt as if he were paying for the privilege of music with portions of his life and body. But it was well worth it.
- All rivers run full to the sea; those who are apart are brought together; the lost ones are redeemed; the dead come back to life;…
- A good river is nature's life work in song.
- To see the beauty of the world is to put your hands on lines that run uninterrupted through life and through death. Touching them is…
- One thing you will discover is that life is based less than you think on what you’ve learned and much more than you think on…
- The craftless anarchy of the Beat poets on the one hand, and the extreme control of Henry James on the other, suggest that for most…
- One of the things I worked very hard on all my life was to be like everyone else. I tried very hard to fit in.
More Life Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle