“It's very painful to be in debt. I'm the kind of person who would rather almost die than go into debt.” KindPersonsDiesPainfulDebt Author:Mark Helprin
“Such a thing as the child left alone to die in the hallway was unknown on the marsh. But here, in the dawn, was mortality itself. In the city were places to fall from which one could never emerge -- dark dreams and slow death, the death of children, suffering without grace or redemption, ultimate and eternal loss. The memory of the child stayed with him. But that was not to be the end of it, for reality went around in a twisting ring. Even the irredeemable would be redeemed, and there was a balance for everything. There had to be.” ChildrenEndsDreamRealityWould BeSufferingDiesFallLeftMemoriesDarkLossCitiesGraceBalanceEternalUltimateRingsRedemptionDawnMortalityLeft AloneRedeemedHallwaysMarshesDark Dreams Author:Mark Helprin
“I'm not afraid," Rafi said. "Why not?" "If I die tomorrow it will have been useless to have been afraid today.” IfsHas BeensSaidTodayDiesTomorrowUselessWhy NotNot Afraid Book:A Soldier of the Great War Source: A Soldier of the Great War
“From long familiarity, we know what honor is. It is what enables the individual to do right in the face of complacency and cowardice. It is what enables the soldier to die alone, the political prisoner to resist, the singer to sing her song, hardly appreciated, on a side street.” KnowsLongFacesPoliticalPurposeSongDiesIndividualSidesStreetsHonorSoldierSingersPurpose Of LifePrisonerCowardiceAppreciatedFamiliarityComplacencyPolitical Prisoners Author: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.” KnowsMatterDiesUniverseEnergyAll ThingsProportion Book:Winter's Tale Source: Winter's Tale
