我总是告诉我的孩子们，‘如果你要做某件事，就要做好。如果你不打算做好，那就干脆别做。’
我不让过去拖累我，我让它教导我。
To men like that, time was a surfeit, a barrel they watched slowly drain. When really, he thinks, it’s a glowing puddle you carry in your hands; you should spend all your energy protecting it.