States are rational actors that seek to maximize their power and security in an anarchic international system.

The challenge of our time is to harness energy without harming the planet.

Hatred destroys only the hater.

美德比恶行更令人畏惧，因为它的过度不受良心的约束。

There was another life that I might have had, but I am having this one.

我深信遇见的每一个人都有他的意义。

内疚的重量不是用年来衡量，而是用无眠的夜晚。

我希望读者能感受到一些令人惊讶的东西。不是“发生了什么”，而是所有事情发生的方式。这些长篇短篇小说对我来说是最好的。