A person was like a city. You couldn’t let a few less desirable parts put you off the whole. There may be bits you don’t like, a few dodgy side streets and suburbs, but the good stuff makes it worthwhile.
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“Indeed, war and money seemed to be so popular on the news, it should more accurately have been titled The War and Money Show.”
― The Humans
― The Humans
“He believed that technological progress was a disease in human society. The explosive development of technology was analogous to the growth of cancer cells, and the results would be identical: the exhaustion of all sources of nourishment, the destruction of organs, and the final death of the host body. He advocated abolishing crude technologies such as fossil fuels and nuclear energy and keeping gentler technologies such as solar power and small-scale hydroelectric power. He believed in the gradual de-urbanization of modern metropolises by distributing the population more evenly in self-sufficient small towns and villages. Relying on the gentler technologies, he would build a new agricultural society.”
― The Three-Body Problem
― The Three-Body Problem
“A cow is an Earth-dwelling animal, a domesticated and multipurpose ungulate, which humans treat as a one-stop shop for food, liquid refreshment, fertilizer, and designer footwear.”
― The Humans
― The Humans
“On Earth, incidentally, civilization is the result of a group of humans coming together and suppressing their instincts.”
― The Humans
― The Humans
“The truth is the truth, the only prize worth having. If you deny it, you’re only showing that you’re unworthy of it.”
― The Girl With All the Gifts
― The Girl With All the Gifts
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