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Liu Cixin Quote: “Even if God were here, it wouldn’t do any good. The entire human race has reached the point where no one is listening to their prayers.”

151. “Even if God were here, it wouldn’t do any good. The entire human race has reached the point where no one is listening to their prayers.”

Liu Cixin Quote: “Though the person could not see the potential lover’s face or figure, the knowledge that the other person existed somewhere in the distance created lovely fantasies about the potential lover that spread like wildfire.”

152. “Though the person could not see the potential lover’s face or figure, the knowledge that the other person existed somewhere in the distance created lovely fantasies about the potential lover that spread like wildfire.”

Liu Cixin Quote: “The universe is but a corpse puffing up.”

153. “The universe is but a corpse puffing up.”

Liu Cixin Quote: “As the elderly passed away, the departed Golden Shore vanished into the smoke of history. The ship of human civilization floated alone in the vast ocean, surrounded on all sides by endless, sinister waves, and no one knew if there even was an opposite shore.”

154. “As the elderly passed away, the departed Golden Shore vanished into the smoke of history. The ship of human civilization floated alone in the vast ocean, surrounded on all sides by endless, sinister waves, and no one knew if there even was an opposite shore.”

Liu Cixin Quote: “And now, the Sun really was melting, its blood seeping into the deadly plane. This was the last sunset. In.”

155. “And now, the Sun really was melting, its blood seeping into the deadly plane. This was the last sunset. In.”

Liu Cixin Quote: “I like twilight better.” “Why?” “When twilight fades, you can see the stars. When dawn fades, all that’s left is... ” “All that’s left is the harsh light of reality.”

156. “I like twilight better.” “Why?” “When twilight fades, you can see the stars. When dawn fades, all that’s left is... ” “All that’s left is the harsh light of reality.”

Liu Cixin Quote: “Beauty is always paired with good, so if there really existed a demarcation between good and evil in the universe, this object would fall on the good side.”

157. “Beauty is always paired with good, so if there really existed a demarcation between good and evil in the universe, this object would fall on the good side.”

Liu Cixin Quote: “No banquet was eternal. Everything had an end. Everything.”

158. “No banquet was eternal. Everything had an end. Everything.”

Liu Cixin Quote: “My dad said that people who are sensitive to beauty are good by nature, and if they’re not good, then they can’t appreciate beauty.”

159. “My dad said that people who are sensitive to beauty are good by nature, and if they’re not good, then they can’t appreciate beauty.”

Liu Cixin Quote: “The birth of a new civilization is the formation of a new morality.”

160. “The birth of a new civilization is the formation of a new morality.”

Liu Cixin Quote: “The classic images Shakespeare, Balzac, and Tolstoy created were born from their mental wombs. But today’s practitioners of literacture have lost that creativity. Their minds give birth only to shattered fragments and freaks, whose brief lives are nothing but cryptic spasms devoid of reason. Then they sweep up these fragments into a bag they peddle under the label ‘postmodern’ or ‘deconstructionist’ or ‘symbolism’ or ’irrational.”

161. “The classic images Shakespeare, Balzac, and Tolstoy created were born from their mental wombs. But today’s practitioners of literacture have lost that creativity. Their minds give birth only to shattered fragments and freaks, whose brief lives are nothing but cryptic spasms devoid of reason. Then they sweep up these fragments into a bag they peddle under the label ‘postmodern’ or ‘deconstructionist’ or ‘symbolism’ or ’irrational.”

Liu Cixin Quote: “In the cosmos, no matter how fast you are, someone will be faster; no matter how slow you are, someone will be slower.”

162. “In the cosmos, no matter how fast you are, someone will be faster; no matter how slow you are, someone will be slower.”

Liu Cixin Quote: “Ye felt this interminable wave was an abstract view of the universe: one end connected to the endless past, the other to the endless future, and in the middle only the ups and downs of random chance – without life, without pattern, the peaks and valleys at different heights like uneven grains of sand, the whole curve like a one-dimensional desert made of all the grains of sand lined up in a row, lonely, desolate, so long that it was intolerable. You.”

163. “Ye felt this interminable wave was an abstract view of the universe: one end connected to the endless past, the other to the endless future, and in the middle only the ups and downs of random chance – without life, without pattern, the peaks and valleys at different heights like uneven grains of sand, the whole curve like a one-dimensional desert made of all the grains of sand lined up in a row, lonely, desolate, so long that it was intolerable. You.”

Liu Cixin Quote: “The more transparent something was, the more mysterious it seemed. The universe itself was transparent; as long as you were sufficiently sharp-eyed, you could see as far as you liked. But the farther you looked, the more mysterious it became.”

164. “The more transparent something was, the more mysterious it seemed. The universe itself was transparent; as long as you were sufficiently sharp-eyed, you could see as far as you liked. But the farther you looked, the more mysterious it became.”

Liu Cixin Quote: “If even an extremely simple arrangement like the three-body system is unpredictable chaos, how can we have any faith in discovering the laws of the complicated universe?”

165. “If even an extremely simple arrangement like the three-body system is unpredictable chaos, how can we have any faith in discovering the laws of the complicated universe?”

Liu Cixin Quote: “Once the slogans died down, the girl shouted, “God does not exist. All religions are tools concocted by the ruling class to paralyze the spirit of the people!”

166. “Once the slogans died down, the girl shouted, “God does not exist. All religions are tools concocted by the ruling class to paralyze the spirit of the people!”

Liu Cixin Quote: “Of course,” said Guan Yifan. “The great universe isn’t going to fail to collapse because it misses five kilograms.” He had another thought that he did not voice: Perhaps the great universe really would fail to collapse because it lacked a single atom’s mass. The precision of Nature can sometimes exceed the imagination. For instance, life itself required the precise collaboration of various universal constants within a billion-billionth of a certain range.”

167. “Of course,” said Guan Yifan. “The great universe isn’t going to fail to collapse because it misses five kilograms.” He had another thought that he did not voice: Perhaps the great universe really would fail to collapse because it lacked a single atom’s mass. The precision of Nature can sometimes exceed the imagination. For instance, life itself required the precise collaboration of various universal constants within a billion-billionth of a certain range.”

Liu Cixin Quote: “As soon as Wang left the Research Center building, the nightmarelike feeling caught up to him. He felt like the starry sky was a magnifying glass that covered the world, and he was a tiny insect below the lens with nowhere to hide.”

168. “As soon as Wang left the Research Center building, the nightmarelike feeling caught up to him. He felt like the starry sky was a magnifying glass that covered the world, and he was a tiny insect below the lens with nowhere to hide.”

Liu Cixin Quote: “Everything you see before you is the result of poverty. But how are things any better in the wealthy countries? They protect their own environments, but then shift the heavily polluting industries to the poorer nations.”

169. “Everything you see before you is the result of poverty. But how are things any better in the wealthy countries? They protect their own environments, but then shift the heavily polluting industries to the poorer nations.”

Liu Cixin Quote: “The greatest mystery in the universe is right in front of us. The answers to all our cosmological questions may be found here. How can we leave?!”

170. “The greatest mystery in the universe is right in front of us. The answers to all our cosmological questions may be found here. How can we leave?!”

Liu Cixin Quote: “Imagine a windowless, iron room. Many people lie asleep inside. They will soon suffocate and die in their sleep. You shout, and a few hopeless sleepers awaken to a wretched fate that you are powerless to prevent. Have you done them a favor? Unless you wake them up, what hope do they have of escape?”

171. “Imagine a windowless, iron room. Many people lie asleep inside. They will soon suffocate and die in their sleep. You shout, and a few hopeless sleepers awaken to a wretched fate that you are powerless to prevent. Have you done them a favor? Unless you wake them up, what hope do they have of escape?”

Liu Cixin Quote: “Everything was deathly quiet. The eyes were the most terrifying: the eyes of dinosaurus; the eyes of trilobites and ants; the eyes of birds and butterflies; the eyes of bacteria... The humans alone possessed one hundred billion pairs of eyes, equal to the number of stars in the Milky Way, Among them were the eyes of ordinary men and women, and the eyes of Da Vinci, Shakespeare, and Einstein.”

172. “Everything was deathly quiet. The eyes were the most terrifying: the eyes of dinosaurus; the eyes of trilobites and ants; the eyes of birds and butterflies; the eyes of bacteria... The humans alone possessed one hundred billion pairs of eyes, equal to the number of stars in the Milky Way, Among them were the eyes of ordinary men and women, and the eyes of Da Vinci, Shakespeare, and Einstein.”

Liu Cixin Quote: “Maybe in the future this theory will be disproven. But two great cosmological discoveries of this century – Hubble’s law, and observation of the cosmic microwave background–show that the big bang theory is currently the most plausible explanation for the origin of the universe.”

173. “Maybe in the future this theory will be disproven. But two great cosmological discoveries of this century – Hubble’s law, and observation of the cosmic microwave background–show that the big bang theory is currently the most plausible explanation for the origin of the universe.”

Liu Cixin Quote: “Child, the moon is very lovely tonight. I just saw a kangaroo. I guess the refugees hadn’t eaten them all.”

174. “Child, the moon is very lovely tonight. I just saw a kangaroo. I guess the refugees hadn’t eaten them all.”

Liu Cixin Quote: “Whatever they were dealing with was too important for them to care about keeping up appearances.”

175. “Whatever they were dealing with was too important for them to care about keeping up appearances.”

Liu Cixin Quote: “Stuck in the middle of the cold, endless expanse of forests and grasslands, their burning ardor was meaningless. Even if they spilled all of their blood, it would cool faster than a pile of cow dung, and not be as useful. But burning was their fate; they were the generation meant to be consumed by fire. And so, under their chain saws, vast seas of forests turned into barren ridges and denuded hills.”

176. “Stuck in the middle of the cold, endless expanse of forests and grasslands, their burning ardor was meaningless. Even if they spilled all of their blood, it would cool faster than a pile of cow dung, and not be as useful. But burning was their fate; they were the generation meant to be consumed by fire. And so, under their chain saws, vast seas of forests turned into barren ridges and denuded hills.”

Liu Cixin Quote: “First I’ll tell you about the picture of the universe painted by modern physics: the geometry of the universe is not physical.” “Can you be a little less abstract?” “What if I put it this way: in the universe, apart from empty space, there is nothing.”

177. “First I’ll tell you about the picture of the universe painted by modern physics: the geometry of the universe is not physical.” “Can you be a little less abstract?” “What if I put it this way: in the universe, apart from empty space, there is nothing.”

Liu Cixin Quote: “The key to a wonderful life is a fascination with something.”

178. “The key to a wonderful life is a fascination with something.”

Liu Cixin Quote: “These days, they use so much pesticide that when I feed the children, I have to soak the vegetables for at least two hours.”

179. “These days, they use so much pesticide that when I feed the children, I have to soak the vegetables for at least two hours.”

Liu Cixin Quote: “These are the rules of the game of civilization: The first priority is to guarantee the existence of the human race and their comfortable life. Everything else is secondary.”

180. “These are the rules of the game of civilization: The first priority is to guarantee the existence of the human race and their comfortable life. Everything else is secondary.”

Liu Cixin Quote: “The rhythmic sound made by the blood drops was like the steps of someone walking away.”

181. “The rhythmic sound made by the blood drops was like the steps of someone walking away.”

182. “The experience of high-dimensional spatial sense was a spiritual baptism. In one moment, concepts like freedom, openness, profundity, and infinity all gained brand-new meanings.”

Liu Cixin Quote: “Luckily, the forest was so dense that the two escaped without injury, though one of the men peed in his pants.”

183. “Luckily, the forest was so dense that the two escaped without injury, though one of the men peed in his pants.”

Liu Cixin Quote: “Every day on this planet some species that doesn’t draw the attention of humans goes extinct.”

184. “Every day on this planet some species that doesn’t draw the attention of humans goes extinct.”

Liu Cixin Quote: “It was dark by the time Ye got off work on the eve of Chinese New Year, 1980.”

185. “It was dark by the time Ye got off work on the eve of Chinese New Year, 1980.”

Liu Cixin Quote: “We are comrades now.”

186. “We are comrades now.”

Liu Cixin Quote: “Carpe diem has always been the right path. Of course there’s not much diem now for carpe, but we need not look for trouble. Let’s go.”

187. “Carpe diem has always been the right path. Of course there’s not much diem now for carpe, but we need not look for trouble. Let’s go.”

Liu Cixin Quote: “Humanity is a dewdrop on the great tree of the universe. During its brief life span, it absolutely cannot perceive the maturing of the great tree.”

188. “Humanity is a dewdrop on the great tree of the universe. During its brief life span, it absolutely cannot perceive the maturing of the great tree.”

Liu Cixin Quote: “From a scientific perspective, ‘destroy’ isn’t really accurate. Nothing has disappeared. All the matter that used to be there is still there, and so is all the angular momentum. It’s only the arrangement of matter that has changed, like a deck of cards being reshuffled. But life is like a straight flush: Once you shuffle, it’s gone.”

189. “From a scientific perspective, ‘destroy’ isn’t really accurate. Nothing has disappeared. All the matter that used to be there is still there, and so is all the angular momentum. It’s only the arrangement of matter that has changed, like a deck of cards being reshuffled. But life is like a straight flush: Once you shuffle, it’s gone.”

Liu Cixin Quote: “But, in our age, conscience and duty are not ideals: an excess of either is seen as a mental illness called social-pressure personality disorder. You should seek treatment.”

190. “But, in our age, conscience and duty are not ideals: an excess of either is seen as a mental illness called social-pressure personality disorder. You should seek treatment.”

Liu Cixin Quote: “Civilization progresses not due to humans’ hard work, but because of their laziness.”

191. “Civilization progresses not due to humans’ hard work, but because of their laziness.”

Liu Cixin Quote: “I don’t have much to say except a warning. Life reached an evolutionary milestone when it climbed onto land from the ocean, but those first fish that climbed onto land ceased to be fish. Similarly, when humans truly enter space and are freed from the Earth, they cease to be human. So, to all of you I say this: When you think about heading into outer space without looking back, please reconsider. The cost you must pay is far greater than you could imagine.”

192. “I don’t have much to say except a warning. Life reached an evolutionary milestone when it climbed onto land from the ocean, but those first fish that climbed onto land ceased to be fish. Similarly, when humans truly enter space and are freed from the Earth, they cease to be human. So, to all of you I say this: When you think about heading into outer space without looking back, please reconsider. The cost you must pay is far greater than you could imagine.”

Liu Cixin Quote: “The key is to set up some rules: which combinations of motion vectors are “healthy” and “beneficial,” and which combinations are “detrimental” and “harmful.” The former receive a survival advantage while the latter are disfavored.”

193. “The key is to set up some rules: which combinations of motion vectors are “healthy” and “beneficial,” and which combinations are “detrimental” and “harmful.” The former receive a survival advantage while the latter are disfavored.”

Liu Cixin Quote: “The best translations into English do not, in fact, read as if they were originally written in English. The English words are arranged in such a way that the reader sees a glimpse of another culture’s patterns of thinking, hears an echo of another language’s rhythms and cadences, and feels a tremor of another people’s gestures and movements. I.”

194. “The best translations into English do not, in fact, read as if they were originally written in English. The English words are arranged in such a way that the reader sees a glimpse of another culture’s patterns of thinking, hears an echo of another language’s rhythms and cadences, and feels a tremor of another people’s gestures and movements. I.”

Liu Cixin Quote: “Actually, doomsday is a wonderful time. The most wonderful time, even. This is the only time in history where there’s a chance for people to abandon all of their cares and burdens and belong entirely to themselves. It’s stupid to be like him. The most responsible way of life right now is to enjoy ourselves while we can.”

195. “Actually, doomsday is a wonderful time. The most wonderful time, even. This is the only time in history where there’s a chance for people to abandon all of their cares and burdens and belong entirely to themselves. It’s stupid to be like him. The most responsible way of life right now is to enjoy ourselves while we can.”

Liu Cixin Quote: “They were the first to be painted into this grand painting of annihilation.”

196. “They were the first to be painted into this grand painting of annihilation.”

Liu Cixin Quote: “Your Imperial Majesty, in order to improve system stability, you should take certain maintenance measures with respect to faulty components.” Qin Shi Huang grasped his sword and said, “Replace the malfunctioning component and behead all the soldiers who made up that gate. In the future, any malfunctions will be dealt with the same way!”

197. “Your Imperial Majesty, in order to improve system stability, you should take certain maintenance measures with respect to faulty components.” Qin Shi Huang grasped his sword and said, “Replace the malfunctioning component and behead all the soldiers who made up that gate. In the future, any malfunctions will be dealt with the same way!”

Liu Cixin Quote: “There’s no reason to believe that the pace of life for all beings in the universe is like that of humanity.”

198. “There’s no reason to believe that the pace of life for all beings in the universe is like that of humanity.”

Liu Cixin Quote: “Your world is brimming with wonder and mystery. Your thoughts stretch across hundreds of light-years of space and billions of years of time. To you, the Earth is just a speck of dust in the universe. To you, this era is just an instant in time too short to measure. The entire universe seems to exist to satisfy your curiosity and fulfill your existence... I truly envy you. I dreamed of this when I was young, but to enter your world was too difficult.”

199. “Your world is brimming with wonder and mystery. Your thoughts stretch across hundreds of light-years of space and billions of years of time. To you, the Earth is just a speck of dust in the universe. To you, this era is just an instant in time too short to measure. The entire universe seems to exist to satisfy your curiosity and fulfill your existence... I truly envy you. I dreamed of this when I was young, but to enter your world was too difficult.”

Liu Cixin Quote: “If you were to make a meatball out of humankind, its diameter would be less than a kilometer.”

200. “If you were to make a meatball out of humankind, its diameter would be less than a kilometer.”

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