“Give the money directly to people who work hard. Instead of taking the money from the business and then filtering it through the horror of government programs, which is essentially giving it to social workers who live in Bethesda so they can drive their minivans and vote Democratic. Give them the money, so that they go and talk to the worker who is washing dishes, and they say, "Well, we want to help you, you see." And it would be better to help them by taking the money from that minivan-driving social worker and giving it directly to the guy who is really working hard by washing dishes.” PeopleWantGivingWellsHardHelpingGovernmentWould BeGuySocialHard WorkHorrorProgramVoteDemocraticWorkersDrivingDishesWashingSocial WorkerGovernment ProgramsWashing DishesMinivans Author:Mark Helprin
“He felt as if he were paying for the privilege of music with portions of his life and body. But it was well worth it.” IfsWellsBodyFeltPrivilegePortionsWorth It Book:Ellis Island and Other Stories Source: Ellis Island and Other Stories
“He knew very well that love could be like the most beautiful singing, that it could make death inconsequential, that it existed in forms so pure and strong that it was capable of reordering the universe. He knew this, and that he lacked it, and yet as he stood in the courtyard of the Palazzo Venezia, watching diplomats file quietly out the gate, he was content, for he suspected that to command the profoundest love might in the end be far less beautiful a thing than to suffer its absence.” WellsEndsMightBeautifulFormSufferingUniverseStrongPureCapableSingingAbsenceCommandGatesFilesDiplomatsInconsequential Book:A Soldier of the Great War Source: A Soldier of the Great War
“Not surprisingly, he began to sing, and because no one in the world could hear him, and he sang without inhibition, he sang well.” WorldWellsInhibitions Book:Winter's Tale Source: Winter's Tale
“Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.” WellsSilenceExpressionTime ManagementSilence Is Author:Mark Helprin
“I have to confess that I have so rarely experienced triumph that I cannot claim to know it well enough to judge, but it seems to be at best a momentary joy followed instantly by sadness, and, then, of necessity, by wariness.” KnowsWellsEnoughSeemsJoySadnessJudgingClaimsTriumphMomentary Author:Mark Helprin
