A View from the Stars Quotes

“A famous author once said that classic literature, as represented by Tolstoy and Balzac, is a wall, built brick by brick, while modern and postmodern literature are a ladder that goes straight to the top.”
― Liu Cixin, A View from the Stars: Stories and Essays

“When readers know a story won’t and, indeed, couldn’t happen, that story’s power to shock is greatly diminished.”
― Cixin Liu, A View from the Stars: Stories and Essays