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Death's End

Liu Cixin

Top 10 Best Quotes

“Weakness and ignorance are not barriers to survival, but arrogance is.”

“And now we know that this is the journey that must be made by every civilization: awakening inside a cramped cradle, toddling out of it, taking flight, flying faster and farther, and, finally, merging with the fate of the universe as one. The ultimate fate of all intelligent beings has always been to become as grand as their thoughts.”

“If we lose our human nature, we lose much, but if we lose our bestial nature, we lose everything.”

“Mere existence is already the result of incredible luck. Such was the case on Earth in the past, and such has always been the case in this cruel universe. But at some point, humanity began to develop the illusion that they’re entitled to life, that life can be taken for granted.”

“I need a dual-vector foil for cleansing.”

“I don’t have much to say except a warning. Life reached an evolutionary milestone when it climbed onto land from the ocean, but those first fish that climbed onto land ceased to be fish. Similarly, when humans truly enter space and are freed from the Earth, they cease to be human. So, to all of you I say this: When you think about heading into outer space without looking back, please reconsider. The cost you must pay is far greater than you could imagine. *”

“The ultimate fate of all intelligent beings has always been to become as grand as their thoughts.”

“The fish responsible for drying the sea are not here.”

“In the eternal night of the Orion Arm of the Milky Way Galaxy, two civilization had swept through like two shooting stars, and the universe had remembered their light.”

“Life shouldn’t be a lifetime of waiting.”

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