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> [We seem to be always on cusps. Women come out of the burkah, the niqab, purdah, the closet, then go back in again. Of course, what we need do is to value the happy freedom of all beings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maxine-hong-kingston/we-seem-to-be-always-on-cusps-women-come-out-of-the-burkah-the-niqab/)

[Maxine Hong Kingston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maxine-hong-kingston/)

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## More by Maxine Hong Kingston

> [“What are you going to do for a living? Yea, you're going to have to work because you can't be a housewife. Somebody has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maxine-hong-kingston/what-are-you-going-to-do-for-a-living-yea-you-re-going-to-have-to/)

[Maxine Hong Kingston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maxine-hong-kingston/)

> [The way I'm going now is to focus on peace, to create peace. As Sister Corita said, "I don't go to anti-war rallies. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maxine-hong-kingston/the-way-i-m-going-now-is-to-focus-on-peace-to-create-peace-as-sister/)

[Maxine Hong Kingston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maxine-hong-kingston/)

> [The images of peace are ephemeral. The language of peace is subtle. The reasons for peace, the definitions of peace, the very idea of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maxine-hong-kingston/the-images-of-peace-are-ephemeral-the-language-of-peace-is-subtle-the/)

[Maxine Hong Kingston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maxine-hong-kingston/)

> [Gods you avoid won't hurt you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maxine-hong-kingston/gods-you-avoid-won-t-hurt-you/)

[Maxine Hong Kingston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maxine-hong-kingston/)

> [We're all under the same sky and walk the same earth; we're alive together during the same moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maxine-hong-kingston/we-re-all-under-the-same-sky-and-walk-the-same-earth-we-re-alive/)

[Maxine Hong Kingston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maxine-hong-kingston/)

> [“The villagers were speeding up the circling of events because she was too shortsighted to see that her infidelity had already harmed the village,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maxine-hong-kingston/the-villagers-were-speeding-up-the-circling-of-events-because-she-was/)

[Maxine Hong Kingston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maxine-hong-kingston/)

> [When I'm teaching, I tell my students: It's all process. Don't even think of product.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maxine-hong-kingston/when-i-m-teaching-i-tell-my-students-it-s-all-process-don-t-even/)

[Maxine Hong Kingston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maxine-hong-kingston/)

> [I'm so proud that my offspring became a musician. I'm full of awe that we are able to have a whole family live the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maxine-hong-kingston/i-m-so-proud-that-my-offspring-became-a-musician-i-m-full-of-awe-that/)

[Maxine Hong Kingston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maxine-hong-kingston/)

> [Chinese Americans, when you try to understand what things in you are Chinese, how do you separate what is peculiar to childhood, to poverty,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maxine-hong-kingston/chinese-americans-when-you-try-to-understand-what-things-in-you-are/)

[Maxine Hong Kingston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maxine-hong-kingston/)

> [When I am composing, I try to clear my mind of having to publish, or having to sell a book or find readers. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maxine-hong-kingston/when-i-am-composing-i-try-to-clear-my-mind-of-having-to-publish-or/)

[Maxine Hong Kingston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maxine-hong-kingston/)

> [“Upon Good Earth, lay the body down, open the mouth wide, let song rush through.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maxine-hong-kingston/upon-good-earth-lay-the-body-down-open-the-mouth-wide-let-song-rush/)

[Maxine Hong Kingston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maxine-hong-kingston/)

> [To me success means effectiveness in the world, that I am able to carry my ideas and values into the world--that I am able…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maxine-hong-kingston/to-me-success-means-effectiveness-in-the-world-that-i-am-able-to/)

[Maxine Hong Kingston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maxine-hong-kingston/)

> [Do the right thing by whoever crosses your path. Those coincidental people are your people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maxine-hong-kingston/do-the-right-thing-by-whoever-crosses-your-path-those-coincidental/)

[Maxine Hong Kingston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maxine-hong-kingston/)

> [“To write out the precepts again, we contend with them, and keep them; we build our humanity, and keep our humanity alive... Thay has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maxine-hong-kingston/to-write-out-the-precepts-again-we-contend-with-them-and-keep-them-we/)

[Maxine Hong Kingston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maxine-hong-kingston/)

> [And I had to get out of hating range.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maxine-hong-kingston/and-i-had-to-get-out-of-hating-range/)

[Maxine Hong Kingston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maxine-hong-kingston/)

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