The poet is the one who cleans the word of the stains of the marketplace.
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.
在一个不断变化的世界中,适应力是生存和增长的关键。
一本书必须是我们内心冰冻海洋的斧头。