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

by Liu Cixin

“You see, hatred is a treasure more precious than gold or diamonds, and a weapon keener than any in the world, but now it’s gone. It’s not yours to give back. So the organization, like me, does not have long to live.”

“Annihilation. That’s the highest respect a civilization can receive. They would only feel threatened by a civilization they truly respect.”

I believed in what Goethe said: ‘If I love you, what business is it of yours?’”