C.E. Morgan

When you leave good people afraid to speak on behalf of justice, however awkwardly or insensitively, those unafraid to speak will rise…

— C.E. Morgan

I don't believe love is real love if it remains cloistered within the confines of an intimate relationship; it should transcend the…

— C.E. Morgan

The idea that writing about characters of another race requires a passage through a critical gauntlet, which involves apology and self-examination of…

— C.E. Morgan

“some will say that death”

— C.E. Morgan

Humans struggle to remain attuned to one another - they want to turn away because of fear, or ambition, or boredom, or…

— C.E. Morgan

I have both experienced and witnessed a great deal of suffering in my life, and that has informed my art. I'm here…

— C.E. Morgan

I think of moral beauty as what is the good and the just - terms perhaps best defined by their opposite: evil.…

— C.E. Morgan

Every single aspect of a text requires very careful choices and rigorous evaluation. Style is employed - or deployed - for a…

— C.E. Morgan

Love is not a feeling, but an action.

— C.E. Morgan

Great literature rattles the mind and makes the body sing. It's an unmistakable, electric feeling, and too rare. That is what I…

— C.E. Morgan

“Ultimately, I want a peak experience in reading, and that is sometimes difficult to find in contemporary fiction. I’m not interested in…

— C.E. Morgan

I was taught as a young person that the far political right and the far political left aren't located on a spectrum…

— C.E. Morgan

“A soul loves most what is lost.”

— C.E. Morgan

I think the primary gift of the animal is offered to writer and non-writer alike; they teach us about love, or attunement,…

— C.E. Morgan

“Show me the woman that leaves a man some breathing room, acknowledges he might know a thing or two about the human…

— C.E. Morgan

“The man’s brow was furrowed, and he said, “Why, I believe forgiveness and love are the same thing. Don’t you?”

— C.E. Morgan

“ Father, we are uniquely capable of morality. We must be moral, because we can be moral. He stood very still as…

— C.E. Morgan

Ultimately, I don't know if love is an organizing principle we choose or if it's innate. I'm not sure the distinction matters…

— C.E. Morgan

Ultimately, I want a peak experience in reading, and that is sometimes difficult to find in contemporary fiction. I'm not interested in…

— C.E. Morgan

Anyone who lives with poor health or chronic pain, or who has endured poverty - real poverty - knows what it is…

— C.E. Morgan

“it just seems like men aren’t interested in knowing women. Even the decent ones. Everything is lonely after the excitement.”

— C.E. Morgan

I often think there are three primary responses to suffering - rage, intoxication, or growth. We either want revenge for our pain,…

— C.E. Morgan

I stared at the Ohio River every day as a child, a thing that for me is almost more symbol than river.…

— C.E. Morgan

Every aspect of the novel is - or should be - an arrow pointed towards its ultimate meaning, or a multiplicity of…

— C.E. Morgan