“So much of human life is animal life: we respond to each other as animals.” — Brian Morton Animal Copy Share Image
“The world, the human world, is bound together not by protons and electrons, but by stories.” — Brian Morton Nature of man Copy Share Image
“It's foolish to speak of your happiness before you're sure you have it.” — Brian Morton Happiness Copy Share Image
“...they had lived, they'd lived intensely. But no matter how deeply you live, it comes to this in the end: one of… — Brian Morton Grief Copy Share Image
“We wish for a symmetry of feeling, but we rarely get it. It is painful to be the one who loves more,… — Brian Morton Feeling Copy Share Image
“So you can keep going. You can stay young. There's no inevitable law of diminishment: everyone who fades fades for his own… — Brian Morton Stay Copy Share Image
“She loved to return to the world of the book, a workd in which people were willing to let go of everything… — Brian Morton Book Copy Share Image
You seize your freedom in a spirit of rebelliousness, exuberance, defiant joy. But to live that choice -- over the weeks and… — Brian Morton Armor Copy Share Image
“One of the sad little secrets of the writing life is that it’s become like the movie business, where a movie has… — Brian Morton Book Copy Share Image
“He had found himself ridiculously impressed by this young woman. She would blow in like a little whirlwind, eager to hear him… — Brian Morton Admiration Copy Share Image
“Maybe a man can change. It helps when you've been injured, when you've been dislodged from the complacent routines of your life.… — Brian Morton Habits Copy Share Image
Every choice we make is either a grwoth choice or a fear choice. — Brian Morton Choice Copy Share Image
Every choice we make is either a growth choice or a fear choice. — Brian Morton Choice Copy Share Image
“Knowledge is always a good thing, even when it makes us unhappy” — Brian Morton Good thing Copy Share Image
“Subtlety and indirection are important tools, but you can't scale the highest peaks with these tools alone.” — Brian Morton Subtlety Copy Share Image
“There are certain situations in which you can't convey what you mean. Words don't always work.” — Brian Morton Language Copy Share Image
“The thing is to let life assault you, make yourself as defenseless as you can. If it bruises you, don't protest. Love… — Brian Morton Defenseless Copy Share Image
“People, Florence thought as she put on her shoes. What do I need them for again?” — Brian Morton Fashion Copy Share Image
A piece of writing is only worth doing if you're a different person at the end of the process than you were… — Brian Morton Different Copy Share Image
Even in your smallest gestures, you express your sense of honor, if you have one. — Brian Morton Gestures Copy Share Image
“I’ve become one of those horrible women who goes around saying things like, ‘Now that I am old, I shall wear more… — Brian Morton Ve Horrible Copy Share Image
So we recast the wisdom of the great thinkers in the shape of our illusions. They are shiny from their makeovers, they… — Brian Morton Fabulous Copy Share Image
“...life brings you everything at once. You can be in misery because of the misery of your daughter at the same time… — Brian Morton Children Copy Share Image
The moments of beauty, the moments when you feel blessed, are only moments; but memory and imagination, treasuring them, can string them… — Brian Morton Beauty Copy Share Image
“A man can't understand how a woman feels--how she can offer up her entire life to him. The man thinks she's bringing… — Brian Morton Entire life Copy Share Image
The world, the human world, is bound together not by protons and electrons, but by stories. Nothing has meaning in itself: all… — Brian Morton Blankness Copy Share Image
“...an artist doesn't really need a great deal of experience. One heartbreak can produce many novels. But you have to have a… — Brian Morton Art Copy Share Image
“What matters, finally, isn't finding the kind of person you think you should love. What matters is finding someone you feel more… — Brian Morton Love Copy Share Image
“...it isn't a bad thing to remember that you have some wildness in you, that not every inch of your soul is… — Brian Morton Bad thing Copy Share Image
“I know it sounds strange but it’s true. I mean that you’re open to life. You’re open to being surprised. You’re open… — Brian Morton Life Copy Share Image
“To sit across the table and talk with someone you love is itself a complex engagement, with an exhaustingly subtle flow of… — Brian Morton Communication Copy Share Image
“Let’s listen again to Dencombe: 'Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task.' I love the fact that he… — Brian Morton Art Copy Share Image
“I know it sounds strange but it’s true. I mean that you’re open to life. You’re open to being surprised. You’re open… — Brian Morton Life Copy Share Image
The parasite of art, the virus of art, never ceases to gnaw awat at your brain, never ceases to torture you with… — Brian Morton Art Copy Share Image
What you are is a complicated girl with simple needs. You need your books and time to read, and you need a… — Brian Morton Alright Copy Share Image
“Without her glasses Vivian did look a little frightening. She had tight sinewy strappy muscles and a face that was hardened and… — Brian Morton Beautiful writing Copy Share Image
“It's probably true that you're forging your own character during every minute of every day, with every decision you make, but there… — Brian Morton Every day Copy Share Image
