Stephen L. Carter
Stephen L. Carter is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale where he has taught since 1982. He has published seven critically acclaimed nonfiction books on topics ranging from affirmative action to religion and politics. His first novel, The Emperor of Ocean Park (2002), was an immediate national best seller. His latest novel is New England White (Knopf, 2007). A recipient of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literature-Fiction, he lives near New Haven, Connecticut."
Also writes under the pen name A.L Shields.
“Love is an activity, not a feeling…True love is not the helpless desire to possess the cherished object of one’s fervent affection; true love is the disciplined generosity we require of ourselves for the sake of another when we would rather be selfish.”
Stephen L. Carter
“Fidelity in a sad marriage can fairly be described as an act of faith.”
Stephen L. Carter
“Love is a gift we deliver when we would rather not.”
Stephen L. Carter
“Every conflict plagues the peace that follows it.”
Stephen L. Carter