The sweat of hard work is not to be displayed. It is much more graceful to appear favored by the gods. - Maxine Hong Kingston
Perhaps women were once so dangerous they had to have their feet bound. - Maxine Hong Kingston
The Chinese did not admire a bent back; goddesses and warriors stood straight. Still there must have been a marvelous freeing of beauty when a worker laid down her burden and stretched and arched. - Maxine Hong Kingston
In a time of destruction, create something. - Maxine Hong Kingston