Author: Mark Helprin

Quotes

I have been fighting over commas all my life.

I have been fighting over commas all my life.

- Mark Helprin

No good case exists for the inequality of real and intellectual property, because no good case can exist for treating with special disfavor the work of the spirit and the mind.

No good case exists for the inequality of real and intellectual property, because no good case can exist for treating with special disfavor the work of the spirit and the mind.

- Mark Helprin

Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.

Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.

- Mark Helprin

I've never had a cup of coffee in my life. I can't even remain in the same room with coffee.

I've never had a cup of coffee in my life. I can't even remain in the same room with coffee.

- Mark Helprin

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.

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

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

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

- Mark Helprin

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