And, after all, what is a fashion? From the artistic point of view, it is usually a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.Literary and Other Notes I, Woman’s World （November 1887）

Writing is a way to reclaim one's history.

文学是社会的镜子，反映了它的美德和缺陷。

真正的智慧在于认识到自己的局限性并努力超越它们。