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.
许多人的名声如果在街上遇到自己的品德会互相不认识。
每个人都认为自己是最重要的存在。这是很正常的。但真正重要的是,能否珍惜自己以外的某个人。
Never stop questioning, even when answers seem certain.
The more you love, the more you can love—and the more intensely you love.
"To write is to explore the unknown territories of the human soul."