States are rational actors that seek to maximize their power and security in an anarchic international system.

成功不是终点，失败也并非致命，重要的是继续前进的勇气。

The novel is the only art form capable of fully representing human complexity.

我是一个坚强的女人，但我会哭。我是一个敏感的人。我在乎事情。我不只是一个什么都不在乎的强硬女人。

To lose a language is to lose a way of seeing the world.