The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)

by Liu Cixin

The brevity of a human lifespan tormented them as never before, and their hearts soared above the vault of time to join with their descendants and plunge into blood and fire in the icy cold of space, the eventual meeting place for the souls of all soldiers.

“What do you think I should think about now?” “In my experience, any thinking is liable to go off the rails. You should just go to sleep.”

In her exquisite cabin in the snow, the Eve that Luo Ji had formed out of one of his mind’s ribs sat before an ancient fireplace quietly watching the dancing flames.

Shi Xiaoming

The only constant in a world of tremendous change is the swift passage of time.

smaller than the warships behind them: about

it’s no great loss. I get to roam the universe!”

Zhang Beihai hung in space five kilometers out

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.

Memory was a river that had run dry long ago, leaving only scattered gravel in a lifeless riverbed.