大国政治的悲剧在于，即使是善意的国家也被迫采取可能导致冲突和战争的行为。
The tragedy of great power politics is that even well-intentioned states are forced to act in ways that can lead to conflict and war.
强调在管理中提供背景信息而非直接控制。
如果你想成为最好的，就必须击败最好的。
We were the people who were not in the papers. We lived in the blank white spaces at the edges of print. It gave us more freedom. We lived in the gaps between the stories.
The best science fiction is not about the future; it's about the present.
Perhaps it is better to wake up after all, even to suffer, rather than to remain a dupe to illusions all one's life.
