Mark Helprin, Winter's Tale Quotes

A collection of quotes by Mark Helprin, Winter's Tale.

Mark Helprin is an American novelist and short story writer, best known for his acclaimed novel "Winter's Tale." Born in 1947 in New York City, he graduated from Harvard University and pursued a successful career in both politics and finance. However, it is his imaginative and poetic storytelling that has earned him international recognition. "Winter's Tale," published in 1983, is a sprawling epic that combines elements of magical realism, romance, and fantasy. With its vivid prose and timeless themes, the novel has become a beloved classic, showcasing Helprin's artistic mastery.

The universe is still and complete. Everything that ever was, is; everything that ever will be, is -- and so on, in all possible combinations. Though in perceiving it we imagine that it is in motion, and unfinished, it is quite finished and quite astonishingly beautiful. In the end, or rather, as things really are, any event, no matter how small, is intimately and sensibly tied to all others. 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 as something that is.

Mark Helprin, Winter's Tale

Perception