我更喜欢冬天和秋天,那时你能感受到风景的骨架——它的孤独,冬天的死寂。有些东西在下面等待着,整个故事并未完全展现。
Every book is a journey, and every journey changes you a little.
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.
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.
In the realm of theoretical computer science, we often find that the most profound insights come from the simplest ideas.