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Page 597 - “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.
October 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Page 597 - “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.
Page 509 - “What was there to say? Civilization was like a mad dash that lasted five thousand years. Progress begot more progress; countless miracles gave birth to more miracles; humankind seemed to possess the power of gods;
October 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Page 509 - “What was there to say? Civilization was like a mad dash that lasted five thousand years. Progress begot more progress; countless miracles gave birth to more miracles; humankind seemed to possess the power of gods;
Page 108 - “It was a white cylinder, so regular that it seemed unreal, like a basic shape dropped into space by mathematical modeling software, a platonic ideal rather than reality.“
October 9, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Page 108 - “It was a white cylinder, so regular that it seemed unreal, like a basic shape dropped into space by mathematical modeling software, a platonic ideal rather than reality.“
Page 27 - “No banquet was eternal. Everything had an end. Everything.“
October 9, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Page 27 - “No banquet was eternal. Everything had an end. Everything.“
Page 510 - “When they looked at each other, a richness of meaning poured from their eyes just as the clouds poured from the cloud well created by the gravitational beam, endless and unceasing. But it wasn’t a language of this world.
October 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Page 510 - “When they looked at each other, a richness of meaning poured from their eyes just as the clouds poured from the cloud well created by the gravitational beam, endless and unceasing. But it wasn’t a language of this world.
Page 396 - ““Besides, I’m not the type to get carried away,” he continued, clapping Luo Ji across the shoulders. “Neither are you, my boy.”“
October 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Page 396 - ““Besides, I’m not the type to get carried away,” he continued, clapping Luo Ji across the shoulders. “Neither are you, my boy.”“
Page 311 - “He was won over by their expressions, because he knew that the eyes of ordinary people were the best reflection of the level of civilization in a time and place.“
October 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Page 311 - “He was won over by their expressions, because he knew that the eyes of ordinary people were the best reflection of the level of civilization in a time and place.“
Page 248 - “He was, Zhang Beihai noticed immediately, one of those fortunate people who inhabited a beloved world of his own. No matter what changes befell the larger world, he could always immerse himself in his own and find contentment.”
October 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Page 248 - “He was, Zhang Beihai noticed immediately, one of those fortunate people who inhabited a beloved world of his own. No matter what changes befell the larger world, he could always immerse himself in his own and find contentment.”
Page 242 - “For them, recalling the past and looking toward the future were both burdens, and since they were powerless to do anything about the present, their only option was to live out their waning years without thinking about anything in this unusual era."
October 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Page 242 - “For them, recalling the past and looking toward the future were both burdens, and since they were powerless to do anything about the present, their only option was to live out their waning years without thinking about anything in this unusual era."
Page 221 - “Don’t dismiss simplicity. Simple means solid. The entire mansion of mathematics was erected on a foundation of this kind of irreducibly simple, yet logically rock-solid, axiom.”
October 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Page 221 - “Don’t dismiss simplicity. Simple means solid. The entire mansion of mathematics was erected on a foundation of this kind of irreducibly simple, yet logically rock-solid, axiom.”
Page 219 - “Fate lies within the light cone.”
October 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Page 219 - “Fate lies within the light cone.”
Page 117 - “I have no talent and no experience. I’ve never seen war, much less led a country. I’m not a successful scientist. I’m just a university professor who muddles through by throwing together crappy papers.“
October 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Page 117 - “I have no talent and no experience. I’ve never seen war, much less led a country. I’m not a successful scientist. I’m just a university professor who muddles through by throwing together crappy papers.“
Page 92 - ““There’s nothing excessive about imagination. Especially where love is concerned.”"
October 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Page 92 - ““There’s nothing excessive about imagination. Especially where love is concerned.”"
Page 66 - ““Dig deep tunnels, keep vast stores of grain, don’t seek hegemony.”"
October 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Page 66 - ““Dig deep tunnels, keep vast stores of grain, don’t seek hegemony.”"
Page 65 - “But there was little significance in their conversation, just father and son taking a verbal stroll together. The significance was in the three lines their hearts exchanged: “Think some more.” “And after I’ve thought?” “Beihai, all I can say is to think long and hard first.”“
October 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Page 65 - “But there was little significance in their conversation, just father and son taking a verbal stroll together. The significance was in the three lines their hearts exchanged: “Think some more.” “And after I’ve thought?” “Beihai, all I can say is to think long and hard first.”“
Page 399 - “The key to a wonderful life is a fascination with something.”
October 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Page 399 - “The key to a wonderful life is a fascination with something.”
Page 399 - ““Actually, son, it’s not hard to live a wonderful life. Listen to me. Choose a tough, world-class problem, one that requires only a sheet of paper and a pencil, like Goldbach’s Conjecture or Fermat’s Last Theorem,
October 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Page 399 - ““Actually, son, it’s not hard to live a wonderful life. Listen to me. Choose a tough, world-class problem, one that requires only a sheet of paper and a pencil, like Goldbach’s Conjecture or Fermat’s Last Theorem,
Page 398 - “The best translations into English do not, in fact, read as if they were originally written in English. The English words are arranged in such a way that the reader sees a glimpse of another culture’s patterns of thinking,
October 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Page 398 - “The best translations into English do not, in fact, read as if they were originally written in English. The English words are arranged in such a way that the reader sees a glimpse of another culture’s patterns of thinking,
Page 393 - “The stories of science are far more magnificent, grand, involved, profound, thrilling, strange, terrifying, mysterious, and even emotional, compared to the stories told by literature. Only, these wonderful stories are locked in cold equations that most do not know how to read.”
October 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Page 393 - “The stories of science are far more magnificent, grand, involved, profound, thrilling, strange, terrifying, mysterious, and even emotional, compared to the stories told by literature. Only, these wonderful stories are locked in cold equations that most do not know how to read.”
Page 392 - “I struggled to grasp the bone-chilling vastness and profundity with my imagination, felt the weight of an immense terror and awe, and simultaneously enjoyed a druglike euphoria."
October 9, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Page 392 - “I struggled to grasp the bone-chilling vastness and profundity with my imagination, felt the weight of an immense terror and awe, and simultaneously enjoyed a druglike euphoria."
Page 378 - “However, the time for returning such energy is far in the future, when the proton decays. By then, the end of the universe will not be far."
October 9, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Page 378 - “However, the time for returning such energy is far in the future, when the proton decays. By then, the end of the universe will not be far."
Page 307 - “The first priority is to guarantee the existence of the human race and their comfortable life. Everything else is secondary.’”
October 9, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Page 307 - “The first priority is to guarantee the existence of the human race and their comfortable life. Everything else is secondary.’”