Writing is really a way of thinking--not just feeling but th... - 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."

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

"All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was."

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

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