"It is by becoming aware of having a choice between possible options, by realizing one has discretion, that one experiences a moment of vertigo. This moment consists of the vertigo of professional freedom, when we realize it might well be the other way. After all, this is the unbearable lightness, the emotional experience we go through when we realize that international law might not be at all what we think it is."

中文翻译：

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国际法无法承受之轻

“正是通过意识到在可能的选择之间进行选择，通过意识到自己有判断力，人们才会体验到眩晕的时刻。这一刻包括职业自由的眩晕，当我们意识到它很可能是另一种方式之后。总而言之，当我们意识到国际法可能根本不是我们认为的那样时，这是一种无法忍受的轻松感和情感体验。”