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Liu Cixin
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December 29, 2022 - February 11, 2023
“In China, any idea that dared to take flight would only crash back to the ground. The gravity of reality is too strong.”
“But she was a woman. A woman should be like water, able to flow over and around anything.”
was as though his heart, stressed almost beyond the breaking point by the last few days, had been placed onto a pile of soft down
The bright lights of the city penetrated the translucent walls of the immense glass building and dimly revealed its internal structure.
bell that tolled for he knew not whom.
considered certain ultimate philosophical questions? For example, where does Man come from? Where does Man go? Where does the universe come from? Where does the universe go?
be honest, even if I were to look at the stars in the sky, I wouldn’t be thinking about your philosophical questions. I have too much to worry about! I gotta pay the mortgage, save for the kid’s college, and handle the endless stream of cases.… I’m a simple man without a lot of complicated twists and turns. Look down my throat and you can see out my ass. Naturally, I don’t know how to make my bosses like me. Years after being discharged from the army, my career is going nowhere. If I weren’t pretty good at my job, I would have been kicked out a long time ago.… You think that’s not enough for
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“Then tell me what I should do next.” “Keep on drinking. And then sleep.” “Fine.”
Sometimes I thought life was precious, and everything was so important; but other times I thought humans were insignificant, and nothing was worthwhile. Anyway, my life passed day after day accompanied by this strange feeling, and before I knew it, I was old.…”
the three-body problem.
The truly peaceful can find peace in a bustling city. And to attain that state, you need to empty yourself.” I
“No, emptiness is not nothingness. Emptiness is a type of existence. You must use this existential emptiness to fill yourself.”
Yang was a talented man, cultured and with good taste. She didn’t find him unpleasant, but her heart was like ashes from which the flame of love could no longer be lit.
‘All lives are equal’ is the basic tenet of Pan-Species Communism.”
“Yes. The focus of Christianity is Man. Even though all the species were placed into Noah’s Ark, other species were never given the same status as humans. But Buddhism is focused on saving all life. That was why I came to the East. But … it’s obvious now that everywhere is the same.”
The ETO concluded that the common people did not seem to have the comprehensive and deep understanding of the highly educated about the dark side of humanity.
Unlike other human religions, they worshipped something that truly existed. Also
Every era puts invisible shackles on those who have lived through it, and I can only dance in my chains. In science fiction, humanity is often described
