At twenty-one, I was a divorced single mother. At thirty, I was struggling to feed my children. At forty, I was starting over in a new country. At fifty, I was rebuilding my career. At sixty, I walked the runway at Fashion Week. Life begins at every age—if you dare to make a plan.

写作是一种希望的行为，是对文字改变世界力量的信念。

Little bitty stinging rain, and big old fat rain, rain that flew in side every ways.

我们衡量经济成功的方式必须发展，以反映人们生活的现实。

——〈在北京基督教等六教会欢迎会的演说〉，1912年9月5日

The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale.