我们是共同的历史,共同的书。我们在品味或经验上不是被拥有或一夫一妻的。
We are communal histories, communal books. We are not owned or monogamous in our taste or experience.
The spread of liberal democracy and the integration of the world economy have created a situation in which the major powers are no longer willing to go to war with one another.
The act of writing is an act of rebellion.