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“Again he was transfixed by her appearance in the firelight, drowned in emotions he had never felt before, as if he was a bonfire himself and the only purpose of his existence was to give her warmth.”

Love Emotion Fire Obsession Hypnosis

Book:The Dark Forest

Source: The Dark Forest

“...in our world, even if you express your true thoughts, you must do so in an appropriately euphemistic way.”

Truth Honesty Communication Wording

Book:The Dark Forest

Source: The Dark Forest

“Is it possible that the relationship between humanity and evil is similar to the relationship between the ocean and an iceberg floating on its surface? Both the ocean and the iceberg are made of the same material. That the iceberg seems separate is only because it is in a different form. In reality, it is but a part of the vast ocean.”

Humanity Evil Philosophy Quotes

Book:The Three-Body Problem

Source: The Three-Body Problem

“Silence is also a message. -Ye Wenjie (tv adaptation)”

Silence Communication

Author:Cixin Liu

“The entire sky flickered, as if the universe was but a quivering lamp in the wind. Standing under the flashing dome of the night sky, Wang suddenly felt the universe shrink until it was so small that only he was imprisoned in it. The universe was a cramped heart, and the red light that suffused everything was the translucent blood that filled the organ.”

Poetry Universe Fear Anxiety Prose

Book:The Three-Body Problem

Source: The Three-Body Problem

“Mom, I'm going to be a firefly.”

Destiny Fate Mom Firefly

Book:The Dark Forest

Source: The Dark Forest

“In fact, when you read or make science fiction, your sympathy automatically moves away from ideas of ethnicity and nation and toward a higher idea of humanity as a whole; from this vantage, humanity naturally becomes a collective unit, rather than an assembly of different parts divided by ethnicity and nation.”

Humanity Science Fiction Foreward

Book:To Hold Up the Sky

Source: To Hold Up the Sky

“De pie bajo aquella luz que provenía del cielo nocturno, Wang sintió que el universo se encogía hasta contenerlo únicamente a él, tan minúsculo como un corazón bañado por la sangre translúcida de aquel brillo rojizo que ocupaba el cielo.”

Universo Sangre Temo Teror

Book:El problema de los tres cuerpos

Source: El problema de los tres cuerpos

“Time is the cruelest force of all.”

Time Force Eternity Cruel

Book:Death's End

Source: Death's End

“With a rocky change of direction, the vehicle of time veered off along a new track. The only constant in a world of tremendous change, is the swift passage of time.”

Life Time Change

Book:The Dark Forest

Source: The Dark Forest

“But burning was their fate; they were the generation meant to be consumed by fire.”

Cultural Revolution Political Turmoil 20th Century History

Book:The Three-Body Problem, Vol. 1

Source: The Three-Body Problem, Vol. 1

“Reality brands each of us with its indelible mark. Every era puts invisible shackles on those who have lived through it, and I can only dance in my chains.”

Reality Era

Book:Cixin Liu Three Body Problem 4 Books Collection Set

Source: Cixin Liu Three Body Problem 4 Books Collection Set

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