写作是见证真相的一种方式。

我不是悲观主义者。我是一个经历了很多的乐观主义者。

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.

这一切都是为了试图理解生活的混乱。

真正当代的唯一方式是成为不合时宜的。