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"Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state."

"If I tell you another seven hundred times, maybe one of these days you might turn your clothes right side out when you put them in the hamper, eh?"

"Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds - habits and novelty."

"I know that trying to begin a new habit may be uncomfortable, inconvenient, or challenging. However, when the goal is to feel terrific, isn't it worth your consideration?"

"An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones."

"We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves."

"I developed the habit of writing novels behind a closed door, or at my uncle's, on the dining table."
Explore more quotes by Maxine Hong Kingston

"The sweat of hard work is not to be displayed. It is much more graceful to appear favored by the gods."

"I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there is room for contradictions."

"The difference between mad people and sane people... is that sane people have variety when they talk-story. Mad people have only one story that they talk over and over."

"To me success means effectiveness in the world, that I am able to carry my ideas and values into the world - that I am able to change it in positive ways."
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