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.
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.
Monsieur, vous êtes de la merde dans un bas de soie.
The real discovery is the one that makes me capable of stopping doing philosophy when I want to.
"Libraries are the treasure chests of the world."
The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else.
"The goal is not to mourn the lost futures, but to use them as a resource for the struggle to come."