263 Quotes by Mark Helprin

When you die, you know, you hear the insistent pounding that defines all things, whether of matter or energy, since there is nothing in the universe, really, but proportion.

And they'll vote for me because I'm the best liar, because I do it honestly, with a certain finesse. They know that lies and truth are very close, and that something beautiful rests between.

I've imagined great victories, and I've imagined great races. The races are better.

If nothing is random, and everything is predetermined, how can there be free will? The answer to that is simple. Nothing is predetermined; it is determined, or was determined, or will be determined.

Not surprisingly, he began to sing, and because no one in the world could hear him, and he sang without inhibition, he sang well.

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.

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

Heavy blizzards start as a gentle and persistent snow.

The treasures of the earth were movement, courage, laughter and love.