No one starts a war—or rather, no one in his senses ought to do so—without first being clear in his mind what he intends to achieve by that war and how he intends to conduct it.
没有人会发动战争——或者说，理智的人不应该这样做——除非他首先清楚自己希望通过战争实现什么目标以及如何指挥战争。
文学的职责是扰乱、质疑、动摇确定性。
Chainsaws don't destroy forests—short-term thinking does.