So given a Time Turner, I would tell my 21-year-old self that personal happiness lies in knowing that life is not a check-list of acquisition or achievement. Your qualifications, your CV, are not your life, though you will meet many people of my age and older who confuse the two. Life is difficult, and complicated, and beyond anyone’s total control, and the humility to know that will enable you to survive its vicissitudes.
找到真相的唯一方式是迷失自己。
我只是想每天都变得更好。
Law is not morality; do not expect it to accomplish what only morality can.
我写作是为了理解、把握、抓住那些逃避我的现实。
There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants and the other is getting it.
生活里有两个悲剧：一个是没有得到我们想要的；另外一个是得到了。
我不喜欢平庸。