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.

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

The story you are about to read is a work of fiction. Remember that.

We are not just robots made of meat.

建筑是一门社会艺术；它必须首先服务于人。