The Matter With Morris: A Novel

I have come to a point in my life where I must stop wanting. I must learn to stand alone, to inhabit the space given to me and not reach greedily for more.

He is looking for a teacher and a guide. He is not looking for someone to bring light into the cave, but for someone to direct him up out of the cave.

who knew she wasn’t wise, and this made her wiser.

do you feel it’s an optimistic novel? I do. I didn’t intend this, but Morris made it that way—

Reason first, then will, and lastly passion. If you live in that manner, you are a just man.

The most dangerous thing is to not know your enemy, especially as the enemy is usually yourself, or your own fear.

to think, to reason, to find a balance between wisdom and passion, this is Morris’s main objective.

I’d be way more content if I didn’t always have to take myself with me wherever I go.

democracy and democracy was failing.