More quotes by Toni Morrison

"Writing is really a way of thinking--not just feeling but thinking about things that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic or just sweet."
"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."
"What difference do it make if the thing you scared of is real or not?"
"All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was."
"Birth, life, and death― each took place on the hidden side of a leaf."