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“Regardless of the content of the broadcast, if a civilization’s language was listed in the broadcast, it meant that the civilization still existed or had existed once and lasted so long that it had left an indelible mark in the great universe.”
― Liu Cixin, Death's End

“In the old ways and old religions, there'd been no future, only an endless now.”
― Frank Herbert, Children of Dune

“Campaigners, chefs, and food writers rail against “intensive farming,” and the harm it does to us and our world. But the problem is not the adjective. It’s the noun.”
― George Monbiot, Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet

“A sophisticated human can become primitive. What this really means is that the human's way of life changes. Old values change, become linked to the landscape with its plants and animals. This new existence requires a working knowledge of those multiplex and cross-linked events usually referred to as nature. It requires a measure of respect for the inertial power within such natural systems.”
― Frank Herbert, Children of Dune