Famous Quotes from the Three-Body Problem Series

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We are all bugs in the gutter, but someone must still look up at the stars.
In China, any idea that takes flight will eventually crash to the ground. The gravity of reality is too heavy.
Your lack of fear comes from your ignorance. —— From Yang Dong's (Ye Wenjie's daughter) suicide note in The Three-Body Problem.
This is the sunset of humanity... —— Ye Wenjie (Her reflection upon witnessing the sunset after finally completing the transmission at Red Coast Base)
Mom, I'm going to turn into a firefly. —— From the suicide note of a "Kamikaze" special forces member seen by Tyler in The Dark Forest.
Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds. —— Famous quote from the Hindu scripture Bhagavad Gita, cited by American physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer at the first atomic bomb test. —— Rey Diaz
Ignoring is the ultimate contempt. —— Spoken by Luo Ji when issuing a deterrent to the Trisolaran world in The Dark Forest.
Within the light cone, there is only destiny.
Give civilization to time, not time to civilization. —— Inscription on the Great Ravine Memorial in Death's End. This is a play on Pascal's "Give life to years, not years to life."
As fellow soldiers, do you know the biggest difference between us? You decide your actions based on possible outcomes; but we, regardless of the outcome, must fulfill our duty. This is the only chance. —— Spoken by Zhang Beihai to Dongfang Yanxu while hijacking Natural Selection to escape in The Dark Forest.
Dark. It's so fucking dark. —— Shi Qiang's immediate reaction after hearing the "Shooter and Farmer" hypothesis in The Three-Body Problem.
Not having the ability to save the world is not your fault, but giving the world hope and then shattering it is an unforgivable sin.
"The sun is about to set, and your child isn't afraid?" "Of course not. She knows the sun will rise again tomorrow."
Advance! Advance!! Advance by any means necessary!!! —— Thomas Wade's creed in Death's End.
Those who truly enter space are no longer human. So, people, when you intend to fly into outer space and never look back, please be extremely cautious. The price to be paid is much greater than you imagine.
Do not return! This is not home! —— Warning message sent by Bronze Age to Blue Space, which was preparing to return to Earth after being summoned, in Death's End.
If we lose our humanity, we lose much; if we lose our animal nature, we lose everything. —— Spoken by Thomas Wade during negotiations with Cheng Xin (representing Halo City) in Death's End.
Weakness and ignorance are not barriers to survival, but arrogance is. —— Bai Ice's conclusion after witnessing the "Droplet" destroy the Earth fleet in Death's End.
Carve the words into stone. —— The method chosen by human civilization to preserve information until the very end in Death's End; it also appeared on ancient stone carvings found by Ai AA and Guan Yifan on Planet Blue.
First: Survival is the primary need of civilization. Second: Civilization continuously grows and expands, but the total matter in the universe remains constant. —— The two axioms of cosmic sociology explained by Ye Wenjie to Luo Ji in The Dark Forest.
Dynasties and eras change like fireworks. The bone club thrown into the air by an ancient ape becomes a spaceship before it even hits the ground.
Survival is a stroke of luck. It was so on Earth in the past, and it is so everywhere in this cold universe now. But at some point, humanity developed an illusion that survival is something easily obtained.
The universe is vast, but life is even vaster. Perhaps we will meet again in the future.
Death is the only lighthouse that is always lit. No matter where you sail, you must eventually turn toward the direction it guides. Everything will pass away; only Death lives forever.
Civilization is like a five-thousand-year sprint. Constant progress drives even faster progress, and countless miracles give birth to even greater miracles. Humanity seems to possess god-like power...
Museums are for others to see; tombstones are built for oneself.
In the long night of the Orion Arm of the Milky Way, two meteors of civilization streaked across. The universe remembered their light.
Give me a dual-vector foil for cleaning. —— The Singer's request to the Elder to use a dimensional strike weapon (dual-vector foil) in Death's End.
When humanity is truly adrift in space, totalitarianism takes only five minutes. —— Description of the situation on Natural Selection after Zhang Beihai took command in The Dark Forest.
Do not answer!! Do not answer!! Do not answer!! —— Warning sent to Earth by a pacifist from Alpha Centauri (the Trisolaran world) in The Three-Body Problem.
The Trisolarans, who see humans as bugs, seem to have forgotten one fact: bugs have never been defeated. —— Spoken by Shi Qiang to encourage Wang Miao while taking him to see locusts in The Three-Body Problem.
Wallfacer Luo Ji, I am your Wallbreaker. —— Luo Ji saying this to himself in The Dark Forest. He is his own Wallbreaker.
If I destroy you, what business is it of yours? —— Describing the indifference inherent in the attack posture of the "Droplet" (Trisolaran probe) as it destroyed the Earth fleet in The Dark Forest.
Only send the brain. —— Thomas Wade's cold decision when Yun Tianming was chosen for the Staircase Program in The Dark Forest.
As concise as a grave. —— Rey Diaz's Wallbreaker describing his Wallfacer plan's style in The Dark Forest.
In the future, no matter what kind of demon or monster he appears to be in the eyes of a feminized humanity, people will have to admit that throughout the history of civilization, his victory is unsurpassed. —— Evaluation of Luo Ji in Death's End.
Child, look what you've done?
Twice she stood in a position second only to God, and twice she pushed the world into the abyss in the name of love, and this time no one could save it for her.
Eliminate human tyranny! The world belongs to Trisolaris! —— The slogan of the Earth-Trisolaris Organization (ETO) in The Three-Body Problem.
Natural Selection, Advance Four! —— Full acceleration command issued by Zhang Beihai after hijacking the ship in The Dark Forest.
Genghis Khan's cavalry had an attack speed comparable to 20th-century armored units; the Song Dynasty's triple-bow crossbow had a range of 1,500 meters, similar to a 20th-century sniper rifle; but these were still just ancient cavalry and bows, unable to compete with modern forces. Fundamental theory determines everything; the Future Historians saw this clearly. But you have been blinded by the flash of low-level technology. You lie in the cradle of modern civilization, content with pleasure, completely mentally unprepared for the ultimate battle that will decide the fate of humanity.
She prepared to spend her whole life playing this game of chess, but the opponent didn't move a single piece; instead, they grabbed the chessboard and smashed it over her head.
Read. Utter nonsense!
"Your last sentence! I often comfort myself like that too, I always make myself believe. In this great feast. There's always a fucking table of food that no one has touched..." —— Spoken by Ding Yi (as a ghost-like presence) to Bai Ice in Bai Ice's dream in Death's End.
Hahahahaha... there is no feast that hasn't been touched, no virgin that hasn't been touched. Wah-hee-hee-hee-hee... wah-ha-ha-ha-ha... —— Spoken by Ding Yi (as a ghost-like presence) to Bai Ice in Bai Ice's dream in Death's End.
Life is a straight flush; one shuffle and it's gone.
Little girl, look, I kept my promise. —— Spoken by Thomas Wade when surrendering to Cheng Xin in Death's End.
The monument is so small; rather than being for remembrance, it seems more for forgetting. —— Describing the tombstone preserving the remains of human civilization on Pluto in Death's End.
In the universe, no matter how fast you are, there's always someone faster; no matter how slow you are, there's always someone slower. —— Spoken by the Singer's Elder to the Singer in Death's End.
Silly children, run! —— Professor Ding Yi's final warning to the fleet behind him after realizing the terrifying nature of the "Droplet" before contact in The Dark Forest.
Came, loved, gave her a star, left. —— What Yun Tianming considered his life's epitaph before undergoing euthanasia in The Dark Forest.
Once you know where it is, the world becomes as small as a map; when you don't know where it is, the world feels vast. —— First imagined by Luo Ji as something Zhuang Yan would say, and later Zhuang Yan herself actually said the same thing in The Dark Forest.
It's part of the plan. —— Wallfacer Luo Ji's "universal catchphrase" used to respond to outside questioning when his behavior was incomprehensible in The Dark Forest.
True moral awakening in humanity is impossible, just as it is impossible for them to lift themselves off the ground by pulling their own hair. —— Ye Wenjie's thoughts in The Three-Body Problem.
A person's ability to discern is proportional to their knowledge. —— A viewpoint appearing multiple times in the Three-Body series, spoken by General Chang Weisi to Wang Miao.
When things get this weird, there must be a ghost. —— Shi Qiang's classic quote to Wang Miao in The Three-Body Problem.
Within these few inches, it's bottomless.
I, Wallfacer Luo Ji, am speaking to the Trisolaran world!

We are all bugs in the gutter, but someone must still look up at the stars.
In China, any idea that takes flight will eventually crash to the ground. The gravity of reality is too heavy.
Your lack of fear comes from your ignorance. —— From Yang Dong's (Ye Wenjie's daughter) suicide note in The Three-Body Problem.
This is the sunset of humanity... —— Ye Wenjie (Her reflection upon witnessing the sunset after finally completing the transmission at Red Coast Base)
Mom, I'm going to turn into a firefly. —— From the suicide note of a "Kamikaze" special forces member seen by Tyler in The Dark Forest.
Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds. —— Famous quote from the Hindu scripture Bhagavad Gita, cited by American physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer at the first atomic bomb test. —— Rey Diaz
Ignoring is the ultimate contempt. —— Spoken by Luo Ji when issuing a deterrent to the Trisolaran world in The Dark Forest.
Within the light cone, there is only destiny.
Give civilization to time, not time to civilization. —— Inscription on the Great Ravine Memorial in Death's End. This is a play on Pascal's "Give life to years, not years to life."
As fellow soldiers, do you know the biggest difference between us? You decide your actions based on possible outcomes; but we, regardless of the outcome, must fulfill our duty. This is the only chance. —— Spoken by Zhang Beihai to Dongfang Yanxu while hijacking Natural Selection to escape in The Dark Forest.
Dark. It's so fucking dark. —— Shi Qiang's immediate reaction after hearing the "Shooter and Farmer" hypothesis in The Three-Body Problem.
Not having the ability to save the world is not your fault, but giving the world hope and then shattering it is an unforgivable sin.
"The sun is about to set, and your child isn't afraid?" "Of course not. She knows the sun will rise again tomorrow."
Advance! Advance!! Advance by any means necessary!!! —— Thomas Wade's creed in Death's End.
Those who truly enter space are no longer human. So, people, when you intend to fly into outer space and never look back, please be extremely cautious. The price to be paid is much greater than you imagine.
Do not return! This is not home! —— Warning message sent by Bronze Age to Blue Space, which was preparing to return to Earth after being summoned, in Death's End.
If we lose our humanity, we lose much; if we lose our animal nature, we lose everything. —— Spoken by Thomas Wade during negotiations with Cheng Xin (representing Halo City) in Death's End.
Weakness and ignorance are not barriers to survival, but arrogance is. —— Bai Ice's conclusion after witnessing the "Droplet" destroy the Earth fleet in Death's End.
Carve the words into stone. —— The method chosen by human civilization to preserve information until the very end in Death's End; it also appeared on ancient stone carvings found by Ai AA and Guan Yifan on Planet Blue.
First: Survival is the primary need of civilization. Second: Civilization continuously grows and expands, but the total matter in the universe remains constant. —— The two axioms of cosmic sociology explained by Ye Wenjie to Luo Ji in The Dark Forest.
Dynasties and eras change like fireworks. The bone club thrown into the air by an ancient ape becomes a spaceship before it even hits the ground.
Survival is a stroke of luck. It was so on Earth in the past, and it is so everywhere in this cold universe now. But at some point, humanity developed an illusion that survival is something easily obtained.
The universe is vast, but life is even vaster. Perhaps we will meet again in the future.
Death is the only lighthouse that is always lit. No matter where you sail, you must eventually turn toward the direction it guides. Everything will pass away; only Death lives forever.
Civilization is like a five-thousand-year sprint. Constant progress drives even faster progress, and countless miracles give birth to even greater miracles. Humanity seems to possess god-like power...
Museums are for others to see; tombstones are built for oneself.
In the long night of the Orion Arm of the Milky Way, two meteors of civilization streaked across. The universe remembered their light.
Give me a dual-vector foil for cleaning. —— The Singer's request to the Elder to use a dimensional strike weapon (dual-vector foil) in Death's End.
When humanity is truly adrift in space, totalitarianism takes only five minutes. —— Description of the situation on Natural Selection after Zhang Beihai took command in The Dark Forest.
Do not answer!! Do not answer!! Do not answer!! —— Warning sent to Earth by a pacifist from Alpha Centauri (the Trisolaran world) in The Three-Body Problem.
The Trisolarans, who see humans as bugs, seem to have forgotten one fact: bugs have never been defeated. —— Spoken by Shi Qiang to encourage Wang Miao while taking him to see locusts in The Three-Body Problem.
Wallfacer Luo Ji, I am your Wallbreaker. —— Luo Ji saying this to himself in The Dark Forest. He is his own Wallbreaker.
If I destroy you, what business is it of yours? —— Describing the indifference inherent in the attack posture of the "Droplet" (Trisolaran probe) as it destroyed the Earth fleet in The Dark Forest.
Only send the brain. —— Thomas Wade's cold decision when Yun Tianming was chosen for the Staircase Program in The Dark Forest.
As concise as a grave. —— Rey Diaz's Wallbreaker describing his Wallfacer plan's style in The Dark Forest.
In the future, no matter what kind of demon or monster he appears to be in the eyes of a feminized humanity, people will have to admit that throughout the history of civilization, his victory is unsurpassed. —— Evaluation of Luo Ji in Death's End.
Child, look what you've done?
Twice she stood in a position second only to God, and twice she pushed the world into the abyss in the name of love, and this time no one could save it for her.
Eliminate human tyranny! The world belongs to Trisolaris! —— The slogan of the Earth-Trisolaris Organization (ETO) in The Three-Body Problem.
Natural Selection, Advance Four! —— Full acceleration command issued by Zhang Beihai after hijacking the ship in The Dark Forest.
Genghis Khan's cavalry had an attack speed comparable to 20th-century armored units; the Song Dynasty's triple-bow crossbow had a range of 1,500 meters, similar to a 20th-century sniper rifle; but these were still just ancient cavalry and bows, unable to compete with modern forces. Fundamental theory determines everything; the Future Historians saw this clearly. But you have been blinded by the flash of low-level technology. You lie in the cradle of modern civilization, content with pleasure, completely mentally unprepared for the ultimate battle that will decide the fate of humanity.
She prepared to spend her whole life playing this game of chess, but the opponent didn't move a single piece; instead, they grabbed the chessboard and smashed it over her head.
Read. Utter nonsense!
"Your last sentence! I often comfort myself like that too, I always make myself believe. In this great feast. There's always a fucking table of food that no one has touched..." —— Spoken by Ding Yi (as a ghost-like presence) to Bai Ice in Bai Ice's dream in Death's End.
Hahahahaha... there is no feast that hasn't been touched, no virgin that hasn't been touched. Wah-hee-hee-hee-hee... wah-ha-ha-ha-ha... —— Spoken by Ding Yi (as a ghost-like presence) to Bai Ice in Bai Ice's dream in Death's End.
Life is a straight flush; one shuffle and it's gone.
Little girl, look, I kept my promise. —— Spoken by Thomas Wade when surrendering to Cheng Xin in Death's End.
The monument is so small; rather than being for remembrance, it seems more for forgetting. —— Describing the tombstone preserving the remains of human civilization on Pluto in Death's End.
In the universe, no matter how fast you are, there's always someone faster; no matter how slow you are, there's always someone slower. —— Spoken by the Singer's Elder to the Singer in Death's End.
Silly children, run! —— Professor Ding Yi's final warning to the fleet behind him after realizing the terrifying nature of the "Droplet" before contact in The Dark Forest.
Came, loved, gave her a star, left. —— What Yun Tianming considered his life's epitaph before undergoing euthanasia in The Dark Forest.
Once you know where it is, the world becomes as small as a map; when you don't know where it is, the world feels vast. —— First imagined by Luo Ji as something Zhuang Yan would say, and later Zhuang Yan herself actually said the same thing in The Dark Forest.
It's part of the plan. —— Wallfacer Luo Ji's "universal catchphrase" used to respond to outside questioning when his behavior was incomprehensible in The Dark Forest.
True moral awakening in humanity is impossible, just as it is impossible for them to lift themselves off the ground by pulling their own hair. —— Ye Wenjie's thoughts in The Three-Body Problem.
A person's ability to discern is proportional to their knowledge. —— A viewpoint appearing multiple times in the Three-Body series, spoken by General Chang Weisi to Wang Miao.
When things get this weird, there must be a ghost. —— Shi Qiang's classic quote to Wang Miao in The Three-Body Problem.
Within these few inches, it's bottomless.
I, Wallfacer Luo Ji, am speaking to the Trisolaran world!

Famous Quotes from the Three-Body Problem Series

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Famous Quotes from the Three-Body Problem Series

Famous Quotes from the Three-Body Problem Series