I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there is room for paradoxes.
Maxine Hong KingstonWhen we Chinese girls listened to the adults talk-story, we learned that we failed if we grew up to be but wives or slaves. We could be heroines, swordswomen. Even if she had to rage across all China, a swordswoman got even with anybody who hurt her family. Perhaps women were once so dangerous that they had to have their feet bound.
Maxine Hong KingstonDo the right thing by whoever crosses your path. Those coincidental people are your people.
Maxine Hong Kingston