“You astonish me, Morgan,” he murmured. “I am unmade by you. You are not for me; you cannot be.” “If I am not for you, then I am for no one,” I said, and watched the last shred of doubt leave his eyes.


“I was forced to acknowledge too late, much too late, that I too had loved, that I was capable of suffering, and that I was human after all.”
― I Who Have Never Known Men
― I Who Have Never Known Men

“no one worth knowing can be quite known, no one worth possessing can be quite possessed”
― Defending Jacob: A Novel
― Defending Jacob: A Novel

“Life is only bearable because time makes you forget everything. But life is worthwhile because love makes you remember everything.”
― Beasts of a Little Land
― Beasts of a Little Land

“If he had to describe how she looked, he would have said: like a song your mother used to sing. Or an unopened letter from someone you loved a long time ago, found in the back of a drawer. Or an old tree that suddenly comes to life on spring, it's black branches aflame with flowers, as if saying I, I, I.”
― Beasts of a Little Land
― Beasts of a Little Land

“My name is Morgan,” I said. “And there aren’t enough words for all that I am.”
― Morgan Is My Name
― Morgan Is My Name
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