A man is educated and turned out to work. But a woman is educated and turned out to grass.

Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together.

Nothing and no one can destroy the Chinese people. They are relentless survivors. They are the oldest civilized people on earth. Their civilization passes through phases but its basic characteristics remain the same. They yield, they bend to the wind, but they never break.

Just about everything significant in my life happened after I passed forty. I was a housewife and mother, but yearned to be a writer. I worked at my writing whenever I could snatch a moment, and I assembled several manuscripts. I was just about forty when my first novel, East Wind, West Wind, was published. Then a few months later came The Good Earth. My career was launched at last, and it has given me the richest possible satisfaction

As for inhibitions, I've spent a lifetime developing them, and I don't intend to lose them.

What is a neglected child? He is a child not planned for, not wanted. Neglect begins, therefore, before he is born.

Once the 'what' is decided, the 'how' always follows. We must not make the 'how' an excuse for not facing and accepting the 'what.'