有了图书馆,你就是自由的,不受暂时政治气候的限制。它是最民主的机构,因为没有人——绝对没有人——可以告诉你该读什么、什么时候读以及如何读。
With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no one at all - can tell you what to read and when and how.
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.
这世界上聪明的人,努力的人太多了,要得到你想要的东西,最可靠的办法,是让自己配得上它。
Sustainability is not just a trend, it's a responsibility we owe to future generations.
无限是我艺术的核心。
We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.
我们看到的不是事物的本质,而是自己的倒影。