作家的任务在于能够从某种理念中创造出作品。
成为英雄的最大障碍是怀疑自己是否会证明自己是个傻瓜;真正的英雄主义是抵制这种怀疑;最深刻的智慧是知道何时应该抵制,何时应该服从。
You don’t always have to know where you’re going, as long as you keep moving forward.
The anarchic nature of the international system forces states to compete for power.