More quotes by Toni Morrison

"I'm interested in the way in which the past affects the present and I think that if we understand a good deal more about history, we automatically understand a great more about contemporary life."
"If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it."
"We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives."
"What difference do it make if the thing you scared of is real or not?"
"There is really nothing more to say-except why. But since why is difficult to handle, one must take refuge in how."