translation.en: And when life throws up one of its nasty surprises, as it will, more than once, when a doctor comes into my room wearing a grave expression, or a car suddenly veers in front of mine on the freeway, I know, in my bones, that it's the time I've spent going nowhere that is going to sustain me much more than all the time I've spent racing around to Bhutan or Easter Island.
translation.zh: 当生活向你抛出某个重大惊喜时， 它不只会出现一次， 当一个医生来到我房里， 脸上带着肃穆的表情， 或一辆汽车在高速公路上突然改道， 漂移到我车子前方， 我知道，在我骨子里， 正是那无所去处的时光 帮助我持续保持平静， 那比起我在不丹和复活节岛 所度之日都要有帮助。