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 HelprinTo be mad is to feel with excruciating intensity the sadness and joy of a time which has not arrived or has already been.
Mark HelprinPeter Lake had no illusions about mortality. He knew that it made everyone perfectly equal, and that the treasures of the earth were movement, courage, laughter, and love. The wealthy could not buy these things. On the contrary, they were for the taking.
Mark HelprinI'm not afraid," Rafi said. "Why not?" "If I die tomorrow it will have been useless to have been afraid today.
Mark Helprin