问话不答或话说不停都是一般说话的病态，以莺歌燕语令人悦耳之语治疗。心中难舍或有所忘记，都是一种为情痴迷，要以鹰飞鱼跃的开阔气度化解。

The novel is the most democratic of art forms because it belongs to the reader as much as to the writer.

Graceful silence speaks more profoundly than empty words.

States are rational actors, and they will always act in their own self-interest.

自然给了我们一些她的光芒，但不是全部的光芒。

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.