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> [Not many women got to live out the daydream of women—to have a room, even a section of a room, that only gets messed up when she messes it up herself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maxine-hong-kingston/not-many-women-got-to-live-out-the-daydream-of-women-to-have-a-room/)

[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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