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The Wandering Earth: Classic Science Fiction Collection QUOTES

The Wandering Earth: Classic Science Fiction Collection QUOTES

1 " Indeed, it is the nature of intelligent life to climb mountains, to strive to stand on ever higher ground to gaze farther into the distance. It is a drive completely divorced from the demands of survival. "

― Liu Cixin , The Wandering Earth: Classic Science Fiction Collection

2 " it is the nature of intelligent life to climb mountains. They all want to stand on ever higher ground to gaze ever farther into the distance. It is a drive completely divorced from the demands of survival. Had you, for example, been only concerned with staying alive, you would have fled from this mountain as fast and far as you could. Instead, you chose to come and climb it. The reason evolution bestows all intelligent life with a desire to climb higher is far more profound than more base needs, even though we still do not understand its real purpose. Mountains are universal and we are all standing at the feet of mountains. "

― Liu Cixin , The Wandering Earth: Classic Science Fiction Collection

3 " What is civilization? Civilization is devouring, ceaselessly eating, endlessly expanding; everything else comes second. "

― Liu Cixin , The Wandering Earth: Classic Science Fiction Collection

4 " The Earth is a cosmic soap bubble. One pop, and it’s gone. "

― Liu Cixin , The Wandering Earth: Classic Science Fiction Collection

5 " People finally realized that if God truly existed, he was a real bastard. "

― Liu Cixin , The Wandering Earth: Classic Science Fiction Collection

6 " »La sociedad humana se ha convertido en una sociedad exclusivamente económica donde no se emprende nada que no vaya a reportar un beneficio mayor de la inversión que requiere. "

― Liu Cixin , The Wandering Earth: Classic Science Fiction Collection

7 " In the Milky Way, it is perfectly commonplace for a weaker civilization to become the livestock of a stronger civilization. You will discover that being raised for food is a splendid life indeed. You will have no wants and will live happily to the end. Some civilizations have sought to become livestock, only to be turned down. That you should feel uncomfortable with the idea is entirely the fault of a most banal anthropocentrism. "

― Liu Cixin , The Wandering Earth: Classic Science Fiction Collection

8 " the top and glimpsed the promise of new life, our bones would have long turned to dust. I did not imagine the suffering and hardships yet to come, much less consider "

― Liu Cixin , The Wandering Earth: Classic Science Fiction Collection

9 " Nadie conseguía entender por qué las personas de la Era Antesolar se implicaban tanto en asuntos que nada tenían que ver con su supervivencia. Ver a aquellos protagonistas sufriendo lo indecible por cuestiones de amor resultaba de lo más raro. "

― Liu Cixin , The Wandering Earth: Classic Science Fiction Collection

10 " Para los chatarreros, la única manera de experimentar el lujo de aquella ciudad era escarbando entre sus restos. "

― Liu Cixin , The Wandering Earth: Classic Science Fiction Collection

11 " She raised her small fist and, with the perseverance so characteristic of the Japanese, declared: “This competition embodies the spirit of the human race and we all need to realize that the Earth, wandering through the universe, cannot call for help! "

― Liu Cixin , The Wandering Earth: Classic Science Fiction Collection

12 " There are no suitable planets in orbit around Proxima Centauri. The nearest fixed star with inhabitable planets is eight hundred and fifty light-years away. "

― Liu Cixin , The Wandering Earth: Classic Science Fiction Collection

13 " Cixin would write a version that embodied the hardest of hard science fiction. This edition would be aimed at the male demographic. Haitian, on the other hand, would get to work on a version that was the softest of soft fantasy literature. It would be aimed at the female reader. "

― Liu Cixin , The Wandering Earth: Classic Science Fiction Collection

14 " they found a way to salvage the Solid Universe Theory, coming to the conclusion that all the decreasing density meant was that a spherical layer of looser rock encircled the Bubble World. "

― Liu Cixin , The Wandering Earth: Classic Science Fiction Collection

15 " It was as if a legion of fiery-haired demons had burst all at once from a single point in space. "

― Liu Cixin , The Wandering Earth: Classic Science Fiction Collection

16 " Aquel día fugaz había sido como un breve resumen de los cuatro mil quinientos millones de años de historia de la Tierra en el sistema solar. Ni llegado el fin del universo volvería. "

― Liu Cixin , The Wandering Earth: Classic Science Fiction Collection

17 " The reason evolution bestows all intelligent life with a desire to climb higher is far more profound than mere base needs, even though we still do not understand its real purpose. Mountains are universal, and we are all standing at the foot of mountains. "

― Liu Cixin , The Wandering Earth: Classic Science Fiction Collection

18 " Hope is the gold and the jewels of this age. No matter how long we live, we must hold fast to it! "

― Liu Cixin , The Wandering Earth: Classic Science Fiction Collection

19 " Hope is the gold and the jewels of this age. "

― Liu Cixin , The Wandering Earth: Classic Science Fiction Collection

20 " couple lay on the golden beach, black silhouettes against the backdrop of the glittering sea. "

― Liu Cixin , The Wandering Earth: Classic Science Fiction Collection