"The work of preservation demands that the feelings playing about in one's guts not be turned into action. Just watch their passing like cherry blossoms."

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Source : FaceBook post by Maxine Hong Kingston from Mar 06, 2013

Maxine Hong Kingston

#Feelings Quotes #Demand Quotes #Watches Quotes

“This sounds really lame, but I'm pretty proud of my feet. I've gotten so many compliments for having nice feet. If someone has a foot fetish, I'd have an in. I love foot rubs, too. I'll take one whenever I can.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“We must remember that democracy works when given time to develop, mature and deliver. People must have access to information for informed debate. Government institutions must treat citizens fairly, and with dignity, while responding to their needs.”
“Practically anything you read or hear about racism, sexism, and homophobia is cant.”
“Lies, injustice, and hypocrisy are a part of every ordinary community. Most people achieve a sort of protective immunity, a kind of callousness, toward them. If they didn't, they couldn't endure.”

Source : Nella Larsen (2014). “Quicksand & Passing”, p.27, Serpent's Tail
“I like to have a massage therapist come to my house, get a massage, take a bath, go to bed. That's a perfect night alone for me.”

Source : "Esquire Presents Me in My Place with Stacy Keibler". Esquire Interview, www.esquire.com. March 2, 2011.
“The woman who does not choose to love should cut the matter short at once, by holding out no hopes to her suitor.”
“One of the things called forth by the Imagist movement in poetry was neatness; and when we say keenness, we mean neatness. A knife that is keen is also a knife that cuts neatly; it isn't brutal. Sharpness is different from brutality. Brutality is clumsy: it is wide - it has a lot of fist and thumb and no delicate finger.”
“Do you realize that if the pilgrims have been chasing bobcats instead of turkeys.. we'd all be eating ***** on Thanksgiving?!”

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