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.
胜利很棒,但真正的满足感来自于知道自己付出了全部。
沉默不是虚无。沉默是一种存在。
明天可能是地狱,但今天是写作的好日子,在写作的好日子里,其他什么都不重要。
要么你重复每个人都在说的相同传统教条,要么你说一些真实的东西,而它会听起来像是来自海王星。