"China Men" Quotes
"China Men" by Maxine Hong Kingston is a poignant exploration of the Chinese-American immigrant experience, blending history, myth, and personal narrative to depict the struggles and resilience of Chinese men and their descendants in America.
fiction | 308 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
She was a warrior with the heart of a dragon.
Stories are the only way we have to get to China, to China men.
A man's wife is his treasure, his right hand, his horse.
We are all of us in the gutters, but some of us are looking at the stars.
I've got to take care of things, get them together and keep them together.
We need that long-ago China so that we can go to it and make our lives better.
I am an American, and I will not be intimidated.
I must learn to speak out loud the stories that have been forced into silence.
Our history is our strength, our strength is our pride.
The past will be our future, too.
