没有什么会永远失去。在这个世界上，有一种痛苦的进步。既怀念我们留下的，又梦想着未来。

一朵想成为红玫瑰的玫瑰并不自私，要是它希望花园里所有的花朵都成为红玫瑰，那自私才真正吓人。

过去总是在我们的生活中存在，塑造着我们的未来。

The stranger is an element of the group itself, not unlike the poor and sundry 'inner enemies'—an element whose membership within the group involves both being outside it and confronting it.

Diplomacy is not about passively adapting to change, but actively shaping change.