I see these soldiers, people coming back from the wars, and… - Maxine Hong Kingston

" "
I see these soldiers, people coming back from the wars, and they are so wounded. They are so hurt from what they have experienced and the actions which they have made in the world. And now there is work to be done in pulling our country together and the world together. That's the work that comes after a war. It's how to make peace and how to make the world whole again. (2007)

Maxine Hong Kingston

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

English

Collect this quote

About Maxine Hong Kingston

Maxine Hong Kingston (born October 27, 1940) is a Chinese American author and Professor Emerita at the University of California, Berkeley.

Also Known As

Birth Name: Maxine Ting Ting Hong

All quotes from Maxine Hong Kingston Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Maxine Hong Kingston:

Grace Paley Nadine Gordimer Linda Hogan Marge Piercy Isabel Allende

Additional quotes by Maxine Hong Kingston

I have this motto which is, Pay attention and tell the truth. And in telling the truth, sometimes you tell it fictionally, sometimes you tell it nonfictionally.

These struggles have got to result in happy endings for all, and the readers must learn not to worship tragedy as the highest art any more. (1990)

I've spent too many years carrying writing as if it were a burden that's only mine. I want to tell everybody, and young people too, that there are many things that we must do in community. I wish I had started sooner.

I see these soldiers, people coming back from the wars, and they are so wounded. They are so hurt from what they have experienced and the actions whi… - Maxine Hong Kingston

About Maxine Hong Kingston

Also Known As

Go Premium

Additional quotes by Maxine Hong Kingston