过去是你记得的、想象你记得的、说服自己记得的或假装记得的东西。

I quite agree with them that it is not an ennobling experience. Poverty entails fear, and stress, and sometimes depression; it means a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. Climbing out of poverty by your own efforts, that is indeed something on which to pride yourself, but poverty itself is romanticised only by fools.

你如何知道选择哪条正确的道路才能得到你渴望的结果？诚实的答案是：你不会知道，而接受这一点，会极大地减轻你人生经历中的焦虑。

译文：今生我虽然不能身为男子，加入他们的行列，但我的心却比男子还要刚烈。