Mark Helprin

...what argument is left with someone if she is willing to break your heart? ↗

— Mark Helprin

#love #love

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

#because #day #editor #even #insides

If it wasn't for music, I would think that love is mortal. ↗

— Mark Helprin

#love #love is #mortal #music #think

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

#child #children #course #future #given

The greatest fight is when you are fighting in the smoke and cannot see with your eyes. ↗

— Mark Helprin

#eyes #fight #fighting #greatest #see

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

#away #breaks #floor #hit #human

Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression. ↗

— Mark Helprin

#commanding #expression #most #silence #well-timed