Mark Helprin Quotes

“But little else could deter Craig Binky, for he believed that everything about him was destined to be triumphal. Harry Penn was certain that in his nearly one hundred years he had never encountered a soul more intensely marinated in self-satisfaction. Craig Binky's pomposity was often relieved, for others, by what Harry Penn generously termed "Mr. Binky's somewhat inexact intelligence.”

“But little else could deter Craig Binky, for he believed that everything about him was destined to be triumphal. Harry Penn was certain that in his nearly one hundred years he had never encountered a soul more intensely marinated in self-satisfaction. Craig Binky's pomposity was often relieved, for others, by what Harry Penn generously termed "Mr. Binky's somewhat inexact intelligence.”

“BeautyIs the fume-track of necessity. This thought Is therapeutic.If, after severalApplications, you do not findRelief, consult your family physician”

“I've had a wonderful experience here at Penn State.”

“Child-rearing is my main interest now. I'm a hands-on father.”

“This is going to sound horrible, but I don't even know how much I make in a year. It must be, you know, a couple of million dollars, a few million. I know it's more money than my dad, a jail guard, made in his lifetime; more money than I'll ever need.”

“Using simple equipment and daylight alone is for me a pleasure and a replenishment.”

“Anger can be a problem, but it has tremendous potential, too. It's just figuring out what to do with it.”

“That on a romantic level, if you feel it about somebody and it's pure, it means that they do too.”

“I've never revved my car at a light for an attractive woman or an auto-rival, not even as a joke.”

“My hair is way, way long. I've hitchhiked across the country a zillion times. I've ridden in every car. I was never a hippie. It takes more than long hair.”