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Ocean people are very different from land people. The ocean never stops saying and asking into ears, which don't sleep like eyes.
Maxine Hong Kingston
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Maxine Hong Kingston
Age: 83
Born: 1940
Born: October 27
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Maxine Ting Ting Hong
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