I often think there are three primary responses to suffering - rage, intoxication, or growth. We either want revenge for our pain, or we numb ourselves with the endless array of intoxicants available to us, from drugs to overwork, or… — C.E. Morgan Copy Share Image
When you leave good people afraid to speak on behalf of justice, however awkwardly or insensitively, those unafraid to speak will rise to power. — C.E. Morgan Copy Share Image
I don't believe love is real love if it remains cloistered within the confines of an intimate relationship; it should transcend the private sphere.… — C.E. Morgan Copy Share Image
The idea that writing about characters of another race requires a passage through a critical gauntlet, which involves apology and self-examination of an almost… — C.E. Morgan Copy Share Image
Humans struggle to remain attuned to one another - they want to turn away because of fear, or ambition, or boredom, or some lure… — C.E. Morgan Copy Share Image
I have both experienced and witnessed a great deal of suffering in my life, and that has informed my art. I'm here today, because… — C.E. Morgan Copy Share Image
I think of moral beauty as what is the good and the just - terms perhaps best defined by their opposite: evil. Evil is… — C.E. Morgan Copy Share Image
Every single aspect of a text requires very careful choices and rigorous evaluation. Style is employed - or deployed - for a reason. It's… — C.E. Morgan Copy Share Image
Great literature rattles the mind and makes the body sing. It's an unmistakable, electric feeling, and too rare. That is what I want. — C.E. Morgan Copy Share Image
“Ultimately, I want a peak experience in reading, and that is sometimes difficult to find in contemporary fiction. I’m not interested in books that… — C.E. Morgan Copy Share Image
I was taught as a young person that the far political right and the far political left aren't located on a spectrum but on… — C.E. Morgan Copy Share Image
