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Mark Helprin Quotes

The arts community is generally dominated by liberals because if you are concerned mainly with painting or sculpture, you don’t have time to study how the world works. And if you have no understanding of economics, strategy, history and politics, then naturally you would be a liberal Picture Quote #1

My father was famous for his photographic memory. He was in the OSS. They trained him to be captured on purpose and to read upside down and backwards and commit to memory every document in Germany he saw as he was being interrogated - every schedule on every wall. So, that photographic memory somehow made its way to me when I was young Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I used to write exclusively with one particular Montblanc fountain pen, although lately I have had to use a roller-tip fountain pen, because I find it harder and harder to control the fine muscles of my right hand during prolonged periods of work. I buy boxes of Deluxe Uni-ball pens, use them until they start to drag, and then change Picture Quote #1

I wrote a great deal of a novel, ‘Winter’s Tale,’ on the roof of a Brooklyn Heights tenement on Henry Street. I was a technical climber, and now and then I would put down my manuscript and get up to walk along parapets and climb walls and chimneys Picture Quote #1

All great discoveries...are products as much of doubt as of certainty, and the two in opposition clear the air for marvelous accidents Picture Quote #1

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I’ve imagined great victories, and I’ve imagined great races. The races are better Picture Quote #1

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 human beings, just as both freedom and discipline are necessary in life, serendipity and design must coexist in a work to make it readable Picture Quote #1

Marxists are people whose insides are torn up day after day because they want to rule the world and no one will even publish their letter to the editor Picture Quote #1

Of course, you would have to be insane to hope your child grows up to be a playwright or poet. Given the odds, you would have to be quite cavalier about your children's future Picture Quote #1

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, and roll away in perfection and anarchy Picture Quote #1

The voodoo priest and all his powders were as nothing compared to espresso, cappuccino, and mocha, which are stronger than all the religions of the world combined, and perhaps stronger than the human soul itself Picture Quote #1

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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; the perfectly blue days that have begun and ended in golden dimness continue, immobile and accessible; and, when all is perceived in such a way as to obviate time, justice becomes apparent not as something that will be, but something that is Picture Quote #1

Perhaps he was a fool, but he thought that if a work were truly great you would only have to read it once and you would be stolen from yourself, desperately moved, changed forever Picture Quote #1

We are all perfect clocks that the divinity has set to ticking when, even before birth, the heart explodes into its lifelong dance Picture Quote #1

As the clockwork of the millennia moved a notch in front of their eyes, it had taken their thoughts from small things and reminded them of how vulnerable they were to time Picture Quote #1

As it somehow always manages before the winter solstice, but never after, the early darkness was cheerful and promising, even for those who had nothing Picture Quote #1

In fact, one might make the case that New York would not have shone without its legions of contrary devils polishing the lights of goodness with their inexplicable opposition and resistance Picture Quote #1

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Breathing, for example, was never taken for granted, since, half the time, thanks to the many chemical works and refineries, it was nearly impossible Picture Quote #1

Because no windows were open and the air was so still and cold that the trees dared not move for fear of encountering more of it than they had to, Christiana thought that she had entered a city of the dead Picture Quote #1

He moved like a dancer, which is not surprising; a horse is a beautiful animal, but it is perhaps most remarkable because it moves as if it always hears music Picture Quote #1

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 of the dead, for love, to keep your heart beating, believe. Never give up, never despair, let no mystery confound you into the conclusion that mystery cannot be yours Picture Quote #1

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 compensate those it has cruelly abandoned. Whoever knows this is willing to suffer, for he knows that nothing is in vain Picture Quote #1

For a gift that does not find balance and a service that is not returned are worth less than a curse Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I like the race, rather than the winning. Do you really? Yes, I've imagined great victories, and I've imagined great races. The races are better Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The best thing to do was to stop it while he still could, since it was something that would lead nowhere, painfully Picture Quote #1

A lot of people hate heroes. I was criticized for portraying people who are brave, honest, loving, intelligent. That was called weak and sentimental. People who dismiss all real emotion as sentimentality are cowards. They're afraid to commit themselves, and so they remain ‘cool' for the rest of their lives, until they're dead-then they're really cool Picture Quote #1

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The arts community is generally dominated by liberals because if you are concerned mainly with painting or sculpture, you don’t have time to study how the world works. And if you have no understanding of economics, strategy, history and politics, then naturally you would be a liberal. (Mark Helprin Quotes) My father was famous for his photographic memory. He was in the OSS. They trained him to be captured on purpose and to read upside down and backwards and commit to memory every document in Germany he saw as he was being interrogated - every schedule on every wall. So, that photographic memory somehow made its way to me when I was young. (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. (Mark Helprin Quotes) I used to write exclusively with one particular Montblanc fountain pen, although lately I have had to use a roller-tip fountain pen, because I find it harder and harder to control the fine muscles of my right hand during prolonged periods of work. I buy boxes of Deluxe Uni-ball pens, use them until they start to drag, and then change. (Mark Helprin Quotes) I wrote a great deal of a novel, ‘Winter’s Tale,’ on the roof of a Brooklyn Heights tenement on Henry Street. I was a technical climber, and now and then I would put down my manuscript and get up to walk along parapets and climb walls and chimneys. (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. (Mark Helprin Quotes) I’ve imagined great victories, and I’ve imagined great races. The races are better. (Mark Helprin Quotes) 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 human beings, just as both freedom and discipline are necessary in life, serendipity and design must coexist in a work to make it readable. (Mark Helprin Quotes) Marxists are people whose insides are torn up day after day because they want to rule the world and no one will even publish their letter to the editor (Mark Helprin Quotes) Of course, you would have to be insane to hope your child grows up to be a playwright or poet. Given the odds, you would have to be quite cavalier about your children's future (Mark Helprin Quotes) 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, and roll away in perfection and anarchy (Mark Helprin Quotes) The voodoo priest and all his powders were as nothing compared to espresso, cappuccino, and mocha, which are stronger than all the religions of the world combined, and perhaps stronger than the human soul itself (Mark Helprin Quotes) 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; the perfectly blue days that have begun and ended in golden dimness continue, immobile and accessible; and, when all is perceived in such a way as to obviate time, justice becomes apparent not as something that will be, but something that is (Mark Helprin Quotes) Perhaps he was a fool, but he thought that if a work were truly great you would only have to read it once and you would be stolen from yourself, desperately moved, changed forever (Mark Helprin Quotes) We are all perfect clocks that the divinity has set to ticking when, even before birth, the heart explodes into its lifelong dance (Mark Helprin Quotes) As the clockwork of the millennia moved a notch in front of their eyes, it had taken their thoughts from small things and reminded them of how vulnerable they were to time (Mark Helprin Quotes) As it somehow always manages before the winter solstice, but never after, the early darkness was cheerful and promising, even for those who had nothing (Mark Helprin Quotes) In fact, one might make the case that New York would not have shone without its legions of contrary devils polishing the lights of goodness with their inexplicable opposition and resistance (Mark Helprin Quotes) Breathing, for example, was never taken for granted, since, half the time, thanks to the many chemical works and refineries, it was nearly impossible (Mark Helprin Quotes) Because no windows were open and the air was so still and cold that the trees dared not move for fear of encountering more of it than they had to, Christiana thought that she had entered a city of the dead (Mark Helprin Quotes) He moved like a dancer, which is not surprising; a horse is a beautiful animal, but it is perhaps most remarkable because it moves as if it always hears music (Mark Helprin Quotes) 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 of the dead, for love, to keep your heart beating, believe. Never give up, never despair, let no mystery confound you into the conclusion that mystery cannot be yours (Mark Helprin Quotes) 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 compensate those it has cruelly abandoned. Whoever knows this is willing to suffer, for he knows that nothing is in vain (Mark Helprin Quotes) For a gift that does not find balance and a service that is not returned are worth less than a curse (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 (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 (Mark Helprin Quotes) I like the race, rather than the winning. Do you really? Yes, I've imagined great victories, and I've imagined great races. The races are better (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 (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 (Mark Helprin Quotes) A lot of people hate heroes. I was criticized for portraying people who are brave, honest, loving, intelligent. That was called weak and sentimental. People who dismiss all real emotion as sentimentality are cowards. They're afraid to commit themselves, and so they remain ‘cool' for the rest of their lives, until they're dead-then they're really cool (Mark Helprin Quotes)

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