Hendrik

“Why must we mortals be compelled to aid the cause of death when death is guaranteed to be the final victor?”
― Ken Liu, Speaking Bones

“A thousand-thousand decisions by a thousand-thousand men and women make up the links of causation, not only yours. I say this not to excuse you or to lighten the load of responsibility on your shoulders, but to affirm that to live a life true to one's nature, and to accept the consequences, seems to me all that can be demanded of us.”
― Ken Liu, Speaking Bones

“The giants must live their lives amongst these rigid, unvarying right angles, entombed between these massive, solid walls. Nothing makes any attempt to mimic nature. Instead, everything is held in the iron hand of that dominating alien aesthetic.”
― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Time

“The nature of all humankind was corrupt and there was nothing new under the sun.”
― Ken Liu, The Veiled Throne