The great wars of history—we have been told, and told truly—are the outcome, direct or indirect, of the unequal growth of nations.
历史上的重大战争——我们被告知,而且被告知的是真实的——是国家不平等增长的直接或间接结果。
Literature is the memory of humanity.
Writing is a way of being in the world, a way of understanding it.