Mark Helprin Quotes

A collection of quotes by Mark Helprin.

Mark Helprin is a prominent American novelist, journalist, and senior fellow at the Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy. Born on June 28, 1947, in New York City, Helprin has authored numerous novels, including "A Soldier of the Great War" and "Winter's Tale," which was adapted into a film. He has received several accolades for his works, including the National Jewish Book Award and the Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger. Helprin's writing often encompasses themes of love, politics, and the human condition, captivating readers with his lyrical prose.

Winter then in its early and clear stages, was a purifying e

Winter then in its early and clear stages, was a purifying engine that ran unhindered over city and country, alerting the stars to sparkle violently and shower their silver light into the arms of bare upreaching trees. It was a mad and beautiful thing that scoured raw the souls of animals and man, driving them before it until they loved to run. And what it did to Northern forests can hardly be described, considering that it iced the branches of the sycamores on Chrystie Street and swept them back and forth until they rang like ranks of bells.

Mark Helprin

Inspirational Winter Seasonal

He moved like a dancer, which is not surprising; a horse is

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

Truth Beauty Innocence Horse

She died on a windy gray day in March when the sky was full

She died on a windy gray day in March when the sky was full of darting crows and the world lay prostrate and defeated after winter. Peter Lake was at her side and it ruined him forever. It broke him as he had not ever imagined he could have been broken. He would never again be young, or able to remember what it was like to be young. What he had once taken to be pleasures would appear to him in his defeat as hideous and deserved punishments for reckless vanity.

Mark Helprin

Death Love

Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.

Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.

Mark Helprin

Time