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.
The true power of a writer lies in their ability to make the reader see the world through their eyes.
Every setback is a setup for a greater comeback.
We stopped looking for monsters under our bed when we realized that they were inside us.