And Often It Would Be

You Make Choices That Are Good And Sound, But The Gods Have Other Plans For You.

And Often It Would Be A Woman Who Was In Her 70s Or 80s Who Would Win The Beauty Contest, Because Bound Feet Never Age.

Gone Were My Girlish Ideas About Romantic Love And My Later Ideas About Sexual Love. From Yi, I Learned To Appreciate Deep-heart Love. Peony In Love

What Stays With Me Most Is A General Sense Of Loss, Unease, And Longing For The Past That Cannot Be Relieved.

Maybe We're All Like That With Our Mothers. They Seem Ordinary Until One Day They're Extraordinary.