Vagabonds

by Hao Jingfang

Every warehouse aimed to have zero inventory,

I don't think that's how sales work. It's more like a continual flow of product in, product out. No inventory means no sales.

Silenus ridiculed mankind by saying that the best thing for a man is to not be born at all, and the second best is to die as soon as possible.

I did not give my consent to be created by my parents. I shouldn't even be here.

Luoying is the light-bringing angel.

Lucifer, the Light-Bringer Prometheus Raven stealing the sun

They were in a wasteland, and in the middle of the wasteland was the tower.

The Man in Black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.

He read the five letters among the clouds: B-A-B-E-L.

Ok, so SK's universe intersects with *Snow Crash* here. And since reading the *Three Body Problem*, all hard sci-fi takes place in the Trisolarian Universe.

casus belli.

Formal War Holy Territorial Expansion Ideology

Someone had once said that if heaven exists, it must be in the form of a library.

Here’s the difference: an enemy of the Terrans could still be a hero of the Martians, but a tyrant would be an enemy of the Martians as well.”

marriages were not so much driven by tender love as practical economic concerns.

Marriages & families are heavily incentivized in America.

“You’re trying to change the system, then?” asked Reini when Luoying was finished. “Yes, I suppose we are.” “But have you thought that every system exists for specific reasons?” “What reasons do you mean?” “Historical ones, and ones imposed by the natural environment. There are always limits to how resources can be fairly distributed.” “We understand. But we don’t believe we should ignore the faults of the system due to these reasons.”

I think life requires action, otherwise there is no direction.