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The treasures of the earth were movement, courage, laughter and love.

The treasures of the earth were movement, courage, laughter and love.

Mark Helprin
Laughter, And Love, Movement
Mark Helprin (1983). “Winter's Tale”, p.151, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Peter 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 Helprin
Love, Laughter, Lakes
Mark Helprin (1983). “Winter's Tale”, p.151, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Lonely people have enthusiasms which cannot always be explained. When something strikes them as funny, the intensity and length of their laughter mirrors the depth of their loneliness, and they are capable of laughing like hyenas. When something touches their emotions, it runs through them like Paul Revere, awakening feelings that gather into great armies.

Mark Helprin
Running, Lonely, Laughter
Mark Helprin (1989). “Winter's Tale”, Pocket Books

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