States are inherently aggressive and expansionist because they exist in an anarchic international system where there is no higher authority to keep them in check.

我宁愿被尊重，也不愿被喜欢。

四月是最残忍的月份，从死去的土地里培育出丁香，把回忆和欲望混合，又用春雨搅动迟钝的根芽。

"The truth of fiction lies not in its facts but in its emotional honesty."

The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.

今天我们播下的每一粒种子都蕴含着改变未来粮食体系的潜力。