我们有时候专注于消失中的机会太久，以致于太晚发现开启的机会。

解读：靠炫耀、攀比获得的虚荣感，依赖外界认可，根基不稳，一旦外界夸赞消失，内心只剩空虚失落，劝诫远离虚荣，追求真实价值。

"The past is never dead. It's not even past."

The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty years. Your body changes, but you don't change at all. And that, of course, causes great confusion.

人类与土地的联系是我们生存的基础。