Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief.
Do justly, now.
Love mercy, now.
Walk humbly, now.
You are not obligated to complete the work,
but neither are you free to abandon it.
[Talmud]

She says she was a “pigeon-toed child with a receding chin and a you-leave-me-alone-or-I’ll-bite-you complex.”

What would you say of yourself?

My first shot: I was a cross-eyed child with very long bones and a John-Steinbeck-deserves-to-die-for-killing-the-red-pony complex.

Or: I was a horse-crazy child with an eye patch and an expression on my face of oh-dear-I-just-realized-that-sound-was-your-voice-and-I’m-sorry-what-was-the-question?