文学的目的是将血液转化为墨水。
The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink.
当我们未能设定界限并让人们承担责任时，我们会感到被利用和虐待。
外交不是零和游戏，而是寻找共同利益的艺术。
"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places."
写作是一种爱的方式，一种抚摸文字直到它们变成不仅仅是文字的方式。
The purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely precise.