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Maxine Hong Kingston quotes

American Writer October 27, 1940

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Maxine Hong Kingston quote: "Do the right thing by whoever crosses your path. Those..."
Do the right thing by whoever crosses your path. Those coincidental people are your people. Maxine Hong Kingston
Maxine Hong Kingston quote: "I tried to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so..."
I tried to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there is room for paradoxes. Maxine Hong Kingston
The difference between mad people and sane people... is that sane people have variety when they talk-story. Mad people have only one story that they talk over and over. Maxine Hong Kingston
Maxine Hong Kingston quote: "You're too young to decide to live forever."
You're too young to decide to live forever. Maxine Hong Kingston
Maxine Hong Kingston quote: "it's the duty of artists to volunteer to do particle counting...."
...it's the duty of artists to volunteer to do particle counting. Don't leave creation up to the accountants. Maxine Hong Kingston
Maxine Hong Kingston quote: "How unlike a dead fish a live fish is."
How unlike a dead fish a live fish is. Maxine Hong Kingston
Maxine Hong Kingston quote: "You can't eat straight A's."
You can't eat straight A's. Maxine Hong Kingston
Maxine Hong Kingston quote: "I may be ugly and clumsy, but one thing I'm not, I'm not..."
I may be ugly and clumsy, but one thing I'm not, I'm not retarded. Maxine Hong Kingston
Long ago in China, knot-makers tied string into buttons and frogs, and rope into bell pulls. There was one knot so complicated that it blinded the knot-maker. Finally an emperor outlawed this cruel knot, and the nobles could not order it anymore. If I had lived in China, I would have been an outlaw knot-maker. Maxine Hong Kingston
Maxine Hong Kingston quote: "You must not tell anyone, what I am about to tell you."
You must not tell anyone, what I am about to tell you. Maxine Hong Kingston

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