"The city is my subject. It's endlessly fascinating to me."
城市是我的主题。它对我来说是无穷无尽的魅力。
I don’t need a reason to be alive.
"To read is to travel without moving, to live a thousand lives in one."
每个人的生命都是上帝用手指写下的童话。
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.
有些人不喜欢改变，但如果替代方案是灾难，你就需要接受改变。