The swordswoman and I are not so dissimilar. May my people understand the resemblance soon so that I can return to them. What we have in common are the words at our backs. The idioms for revenge are 'report a crime' and 'report to five families.' The reporting is the vengeance-not the beheading, not the gutting, but the words.
Maxine Hong KingstonBefore we can leave our parents, they stuff our heads like the suitcases which they jam-pack with homemade underwear.
Maxine Hong KingstonI'd like to go to New Society Village someday and find out exactly how far I can walk before people stop talking like me.
Maxine Hong Kingston...I've learned exactly who the enemy are. I easily recognize them-business-suited in their modern American executive guise, each boss two feet taller than I am and impossible to meet eye to eye.
Maxine Hong Kingston