The Matter With Morris: A Novel

Finally, Morris discovers, it is the seeking of balance, rather than the achievement of it, that matters.

and she walked through the world as if she were alone, as if she might always be alone.

rain.”

all political action is aimed either at preservation or at change.

moderation.

You are what you do, Morris, he thought, and you have been doing poorly.

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.

Private is moral and honourable. A secret withheld from your wife is treachery.”

Socrates had said something about ignorance: All I know is that I know nothing.