“They straightened out the Mississippi River in places to make room for the houses and livable acreage. Occasionally the river floods these places. ‘Floods’ is the word they use, but in fact, it is not flooding; it’s remembering. All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to return to where it was. Writers are like that...like water, I remember where I was before I was straightened out.” – Toni Morrison.