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“I was loved and I was happy, but though I was not yet ten years of age I knew that the heart needs a trigger of imperfection to be made whole. I hungered for the sight of a great thing, or the taking of a great chance, or the making of a great sacrifice.”
― Mark Helprin, A City in Winter

“When you ride with Damavand cavalry, time has no meaning, life flows with the speed and power of a mountain torrent, necessity dictates all, and the heart is keyed to the blood of horses that canter for days in wind and snow.”
― Mark Helprin, A City in Winter

“All children should have parents who love them as I will love you, but those who are born to be alone can be comforted only by an impossible task. My task was certainly not easy, and at every moment it brought to me the love that I had never known.”
― Mark Helprin, A City in Winter