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Mark Helprin quotes: They gave themselves up to the stars the way swimmers can surrender to the waves, and the stars took them without resistance. They gave themselves up to the stars the way swimmers can surrender to the waves, and the stars took them without resistance.
Mark Helprin quotes: The horse could not do without Manhattan. It drew him like a magnet, like a vacuum, like oats, or a mare, or an open, never-ending, tree-lined road. The horse could not do without Manhattan. It drew him like a magnet, like a vacuum, like oats, or a mare, or an open, never-ending, tree-lined road.
Mark Helprin quotes: To be in New York on a beautiful day is to feel razor close to being in love. To be in New York on a beautiful day is to feel razor close to being in love.
Mark Helprin quotes: I'm not afraid," Rafi said."Why not?""If I die tomorrow it will have been useless to have been afraid today. I'm not afraid," Rafi said.
"Why not?"
"If I die tomorrow it will have been useless to have been afraid today.
Mark Helprin quotes: Humanity requires for its understanding and governance not science but art, Humanity requires for its understanding and governance not science but art,
Mark Helprin quotes: What a place to put a city, right on the front line of absolute zero. No wonder a cow burned it down. What a place to put a city, right on the front line of absolute zero. No wonder a cow burned it down.
Mark Helprin quotes: strength floods in after a fall. strength floods in after a fall.
Mark Helprin quotes: You can't do anything absolutely by reason. That's because reason depends on postulates. Postulates defy proof and yet they are essential to reason. You can't do anything absolutely by reason. That's because reason depends on postulates. Postulates defy proof and yet they are essential to reason.
Mark Helprin quotes: Nobody steals books except kleptomaniacs and university students. In most places you can leave a book on the street and come back for in the next day. Nobody steals books except kleptomaniacs and university students. In most places you can leave a book on the street and come back for in the next day.
Mark Helprin quotes: Potatoes have much more staying power than caviar. Potatoes have much more staying power than caviar.
Mark Helprin quotes: What could be more lovely than writing a book about something you love? What could be more lovely than writing a book about something you love?
Mark Helprin quotes: The treasures of the earth were movement, courage, laughter and love. The treasures of the earth were movement, courage, laughter and love.
Mark Helprin quotes: Life is so quick that it's all played out at the gates of death, and the value of resolution is that it quickens life. Life is so quick that it's all played out at the gates of death, and the value of resolution is that it quickens life.
Mark Helprin quotes: I wanted the music to be full, to surround us, to lift us like the swell, so I rented a bloody orchestra. You only live once. I wanted the music to be full, to surround us, to lift us like the swell, so I rented a bloody orchestra. You only live once.
Mark Helprin quotes: Time however can be easily overcome; not by chasing the light, but by standing back far enough to see it all at once. Time however can be easily overcome; not by chasing the light, but by standing back far enough to see it all at once.
Mark Helprin quotes: This marvelous graceful thing, this joy of physics, this perfect balance between rebellion and obedience, is God's own signature on earth. This marvelous graceful thing, this joy of physics, this perfect balance between rebellion and obedience, is God's own signature on earth.
Mark Helprin quotes: Only bad actors memorize lines. Good actors are perpetually writing them as they act. Only bad actors memorize lines. Good actors are perpetually writing them as they act.
Mark Helprin quotes: Whatever is, is, and whatever is not, is not Whatever is, is, and whatever is not, is not
Mark Helprin quotes: No one knows better than I that it's all here, and need not be explained or interpreted - just seized. No one knows better than I that it's all here, and need not be explained or interpreted - just seized.
Mark Helprin quotes: I don't aspire at present to be king of the hill in American literature. I don't aspire at present to be king of the hill in American literature.
Mark Helprin quotes: As much as I love art, there is no art as fine as the world we have been given. As much as I love art, there is no art as fine as the world we have been given.
Mark Helprin quotes: In daily life language is important, if not in itself, then as a symptom. In daily life language is important, if not in itself, then as a symptom.
Mark Helprin quotes: If when she is aged you cannot see in the eyes of a woman the youth she was at eighteen, then it is not she that is old but you If when she is aged you cannot see in the eyes of a woman the youth she was at eighteen, then it is not she that is old but you that are blind.
Mark Helprin quotes: A cat is an excuse for a lonely woman to talk to herself. That's what a cat is. A cat is an excuse for a lonely woman to talk to herself. That's what a cat is.
Mark Helprin quotes: All great discoveries ... are products as much of doubt as of certainty, and the two in opposition clear the air for marvelous accidents. All great discoveries ... are products as much of doubt as of certainty, and the two in opposition clear the air for marvelous accidents.
Mark Helprin quotes: Isn't it better to think nothing than to think something that is completely idiotic? Isn't it better to think nothing than to think something that is completely idiotic?
Mark Helprin quotes: To be paid for one's joy is to steal. To be paid for one's joy is to steal.
Mark Helprin quotes: They're not just dreams. Not anymore, I dream more than I wake now, and, at times, I have crossed over. Can't you see? I've been there. They're not just dreams. Not anymore, I dream more than I wake now, and, at times, I have crossed over. Can't you see? I've been there.
Mark Helprin quotes: 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. 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.
Mark Helprin quotes: Critics can neither build nor explore. All they do, really, is say yes or no - and complicate it. Critics can neither build nor explore. All they do, really, is say yes or no - and complicate it.
Mark Helprin quotes: Not surprisingly, he began to sing, and because no one in the world could hear him, and he sang without inhibition, he sang well. Not surprisingly, he began to sing, and because no one in the world could hear him, and he sang without inhibition, he sang well.
Mark Helprin quotes: Truth is no rounder than a horse's eye. Truth is no rounder than a horse's eye.
Mark Helprin quotes: I saw how greatly he suffered the requirement of being clever. It separated him from his soul, and it didn't get him anything other than a living. I saw how greatly he suffered the requirement of being clever. It separated him from his soul, and it didn't get him anything other than a living.
Mark Helprin quotes: Accident is as much a part of fiction as anything else, symbolic of the grace that, along with will, conspires to put words on the page. Accident is as much a part of fiction as anything else, symbolic of the grace that, along with will, conspires to put words on the page.
Mark Helprin quotes: They were already in love and both of them knew it, but for both it was too fast. They were already in love and both of them knew it, but for both it was too fast.
Mark Helprin quotes: to cite Montaigne, "Nature always gives us happier laws than those we give ourselves."125 to cite Montaigne, "Nature always gives us happier laws than those we give ourselves."125
Mark Helprin quotes: but, as we know, even when the silver wears away and you're left with copper, if you attend to it every day it has a gleam all its own. but, as we know, even when the silver wears away and you're left with copper, if you attend to it every day it has a gleam all its own.
Mark Helprin quotes: Unlike Hezbollah, Israel's more modest aim is to survive, and that it has done. Unlike Hezbollah, Israel's more modest aim is to survive, and that it has done.
Mark Helprin quotes: The mind, you see, is like a muscle. For it to remain agile and strong, it must work. The mind, you see, is like a muscle. For it to remain agile and strong, it must work.
Mark Helprin quotes: Their powerlessness, innocence, and imagination fused to enable them to turn time inside out, travel on the wind, and enter the souls of animals. Their powerlessness, innocence, and imagination fused to enable them to turn time inside out, travel on the wind, and enter the souls of animals.
Mark Helprin quotes: We are like poor people, who have nothing but each other, and are happy. We are like poor people, who have nothing but each other, and are happy.
Mark Helprin quotes: It is said that marriage is a long war between ancient families trapped in close proximity by lust. It is said that marriage is a long war between ancient families trapped in close proximity by lust.
Mark Helprin quotes: We have been so enthusiastic in our welcome as to be obsequious - to machines. We have been so enthusiastic in our welcome as to be obsequious - to machines.
Mark Helprin quotes: I'm sort of murdered for selling books. The idea is, if you make money your work can't be literary. I'm sort of murdered for selling books. The idea is, if you make money your work can't be literary.
Mark Helprin quotes: The room, as she saw it, was a web of motion, a symphony of mischievou dancing particles quite like the smooth and placid notes of a fine concerto. The room, as she saw it, was a web of motion, a symphony of mischievou dancing particles quite like the smooth and placid notes of a fine concerto.
Mark Helprin quotes: It was easy to argue with Quagliagliarello, if you had patience, and if you could pronounce his name. It was easy to argue with Quagliagliarello, if you had patience, and if you could pronounce his name.
Mark Helprin quotes: The greatest fight is when you are fighting in the smoke and cannot see with your eyes. The greatest fight is when you are fighting in the smoke and cannot see with your eyes.
Mark Helprin quotes: Her eyes showed that though she may have decided to regret him, as long as he was in her presence she could not. Her eyes showed that though she may have decided to regret him, as long as he was in her presence she could not.
Mark Helprin quotes: He heard the Baymen tell of war, but they never said it could be harnessed, its head held down, and made to run in place. He heard the Baymen tell of war, but they never said it could be harnessed, its head held down, and made to run in place.
Mark Helprin quotes: Physical features count little unless they are illumined from within. Physical features count little unless they are illumined from within.
Mark Helprin quotes: And how does God speak to you?""In the language of everything that is beautiful. And how does God speak to you?"
"In the language of everything that is beautiful.
Mark Helprin quotes: What is apparent is not always what is true. What is apparent is not always what is true.
Mark Helprin quotes: Because there were all kinds of hell - some were black and dirty, and some were silvery and high. Because there were all kinds of hell - some were black and dirty, and some were silvery and high.
Mark Helprin quotes: to defeat pain he had to separate it from time, its most useful ally. to defeat pain he had to separate it from time, its most useful ally.
Mark Helprin quotes: What I did with his automobile was fairly dramatic and somewhat risky, but still a lot easier than finding a parking place on the Upper East Side. What I did with his automobile was fairly dramatic and somewhat risky, but still a lot easier than finding a parking place on the Upper East Side.
Mark Helprin quotes: In America, Fredericka, they don't really have trains for people. The trains here are used mainly to transport pigs, television sets, and fruit. In America, Fredericka, they don't really have trains for people. The trains here are used mainly to transport pigs, television sets, and fruit.
Mark Helprin quotes: Read what you find interesting, and then follow your interests. You'll find that in doing so you always generate enough to illuminate the next step. Read what you find interesting, and then follow your interests. You'll find that in doing so you always generate enough to illuminate the next step.
Mark Helprin quotes: The greatest blizzards start with the finest snow. The greatest blizzards start with the finest snow.
Mark Helprin quotes: Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression. Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.
Mark Helprin quotes: 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. 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.
Mark Helprin quotes: If it weren't for music, I would think that love is mortal. If it weren't for music, I would think that love is mortal.
Mark Helprin quotes: He wanted actually to live inside the dream that captured his eye, to spend his days and nights in a fume of burnished gold. He wanted actually to live inside the dream that captured his eye, to spend his days and nights in a fume of burnished gold.
Mark Helprin quotes: What argument is left with someone you love if she is willing to break your heart? What argument is left with someone you love if she is willing to break your heart?
Mark Helprin quotes: The best thing to do was to stop it while he still could, since it was something that would lead nowhere, painfully. The best thing to do was to stop it while he still could, since it was something that would lead nowhere, painfully.
Mark Helprin quotes: If you don't have compassion you won't be compelled to help. If you don't have compassion you won't be compelled to help.
Mark Helprin quotes: One shouldn't ever do anything to protect one's dignity. You either have it or you don't. One shouldn't ever do anything to protect one's dignity. You either have it or you don't.
Mark Helprin quotes: Marriages are made in heaven which is why they cause so much trouble on earth. Marriages are made in heaven which is why they cause so much trouble on earth.
Mark Helprin quotes: When soldiers go home, their first desire, whether they know it or not, is to have children, children being the only antidote for war. When soldiers go home, their first desire, whether they know it or not, is to have children, children being the only antidote for war.
Mark Helprin quotes: In living, one muddles through the years for the sake of those one or two moments which are indisputably great. In living, one muddles through the years for the sake of those one or two moments which are indisputably great.
Mark Helprin quotes: Those who are vain have little ability to feel grateful. Those who are vain have little ability to feel grateful.
Mark Helprin quotes: They knew that to survive in Manhattan he would have to know something of bitterness before he arrived. They knew that to survive in Manhattan he would have to know something of bitterness before he arrived.
Mark Helprin quotes: For the first time in his life, he felt exactly what he was, and he was not impressed. For the first time in his life, he felt exactly what he was, and he was not impressed.
Mark Helprin quotes: The best way to meet a woman is in an emergency situation - if you're in a shipwreck, or you find yourself behind enemy lines, or in a flood. The best way to meet a woman is in an emergency situation - if you're in a shipwreck, or you find yourself behind enemy lines, or in a flood.
Mark Helprin quotes: Anticipation is the heart of wisdom. If you are going to cross a desert, you anticipate that you will be thirsty, and you take water. Anticipation is the heart of wisdom. If you are going to cross a desert, you anticipate that you will be thirsty, and you take water.
Mark Helprin quotes: Albany sometimes tried to rattle, but failed to emit an audible sound. Albany sometimes tried to rattle, but failed to emit an audible sound.
Mark Helprin quotes: Words were all he knew; they possessed and overwhelmed him, as if they were a thousand white cats with whom he shared a one-room apartment. Words were all he knew; they possessed and overwhelmed him, as if they were a thousand white cats with whom he shared a one-room apartment.
Mark Helprin quotes: A cat can outrace the best thoroughbred horse if only it can grasp the idea of racing. A cat can outrace the best thoroughbred horse if only it can grasp the idea of racing.
Mark Helprin quotes: Alessandro learned yet again that the joy of escape is better than the joy of merely being free. Alessandro learned yet again that the joy of escape is better than the joy of merely being free.
Mark Helprin quotes: That's writing, huh. What does it do?" "It's like talking, but it makes no sound. That's writing, huh. What does it do?" "It's like talking, but it makes no sound.
Mark Helprin quotes: Disdain is only as intense as similarity. Disdain is only as intense as similarity.
Mark Helprin quotes: Many people just like to show that they're thinking the right thoughts. And as the 'right' thoughts change like the wind, so do they. Many people just like to show that they're thinking the right thoughts. And as the 'right' thoughts change like the wind, so do they.
Mark Helprin quotes: When people ask me why is 'Winter's Tale' a fantasy, I point out that it is not a fantasy. When people ask me why is 'Winter's Tale' a fantasy, I point out that it is not a fantasy.
Mark Helprin quotes: I have been fighting over commas all my life. I have been fighting over commas all my life.
Mark Helprin quotes: Souls are complicated things. Souls are complicated things.
Mark Helprin quotes: I was brought up,' Freddy informed him, 'not to suffer anxiety about decisive initiative of all types. I was brought up,' Freddy informed him, 'not to suffer anxiety about decisive initiative of all types.
Mark Helprin quotes: Because I don't need oxygen. I've already come to all my conclusions. I'm just slowly gliding down. Someday I'll be as light as a feather. Because I don't need oxygen. I've already come to all my conclusions. I'm just slowly gliding down. Someday I'll be as light as a feather.
Mark Helprin quotes: They move, don't they? Who do you think sets things to moving? Nothing that moves lacks a soul. They move, don't they? Who do you think sets things to moving? Nothing that moves lacks a soul.
Mark Helprin quotes: Justice came from a fight amid complexities, and required all the virtues in the world merely to be perceived. Justice came from a fight amid complexities, and required all the virtues in the world merely to be perceived.
Mark Helprin quotes: Small scenes can be so beautiful that they change a man forever. Small scenes can be so beautiful that they change a man forever.
Mark Helprin quotes: For what can be imagined more beautiful than the sight of a perfectly just city rejoicing in justice alone. For what can be imagined more beautiful than the sight of a perfectly just city rejoicing in justice alone.
Mark Helprin quotes: A benevolent act is like a locust: it sleeps until it is called. A benevolent act is like a locust: it sleeps until it is called.
Mark Helprin quotes: A good river is nature's life work in song. A good river is nature's life work in song.
Mark Helprin quotes: he quickly became like so many people in New York; that is, comfortable, forgotten, and alone. Though he quickly became like so many people in New York; that is, comfortable, forgotten, and alone. Though
Mark Helprin quotes: I didn't know the world could be like this ... I've never seen the sky in such a passion of kindness. I didn't know the world could be like this ... I've never seen the sky in such a passion of kindness.
Mark Helprin quotes: Heavy blizzards start as a gentle and persistent snow. Heavy blizzards start as a gentle and persistent snow.
Mark Helprin quotes: When faced with something I fear, I tend to eat spaghetti. When faced with something I fear, I tend to eat spaghetti.
Mark Helprin quotes: I have jumped out of airplanes but I was not technically a paratrooper. I was an infantryman and a night fighter, anti-terrorist. I have jumped out of airplanes but I was not technically a paratrooper. I was an infantryman and a night fighter, anti-terrorist.
Mark Helprin quotes: She knew words no one had ever heard of, and she used words every day that had been mainly dead or sleeping for hundreds of years. She knew words no one had ever heard of, and she used words every day that had been mainly dead or sleeping for hundreds of years.
Mark Helprin quotes: It's a defining difference, curiosity. I've never known a stupid person who was curious, or a curious person who was stupid. It's a defining difference, curiosity. I've never known a stupid person who was curious, or a curious person who was stupid.
Mark Helprin quotes: His name was Peter Lake, and he said to himself out loud, You're in bad shape when a horse takes pity on you, you stupid bastard, His name was Peter Lake, and he said to himself out loud, You're in bad shape when a horse takes pity on you, you stupid bastard,

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