The function of freedom is to free someone else. - Toni Morrison

"We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives."

"If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it."

"There is really nothing more to say-except why. But since why is difficult to handle, one must take refuge in how."

"Birth, life, and death― each took place on the hidden side of a leaf."

"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."