真相很少纯粹，也绝不简单。

释义：国际秩序的本质是武力威慑下的平衡。

Patience is key in observational astronomy—some discoveries take decades to confirm.

"The writer is a man who is always searching for the right word, the perfect word, the word that will make the reader see what he sees, feel what he feels, understand what he understands."

我们必须平衡短期需求和长期可持续性。

诗歌是将快乐与真理结合的艺术。

质量比数量更重要。一个本垒打远胜于两个二垒打。