Adhem

“This was the theory of “contact as symbol” proposed by sociologist Bill Mathers of RAND Corporation in his book, The 100,000-Light-Year Iron Curtain: SETI Sociology. Mathers believed that contact with an alien civilization is only a symbol or a switch. Regardless of the content of the encounter, the results would be the same.”
― Liu Cixin, The Three-Body Problem

“The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it.”
― J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan

“Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.”
― Terry Pratchett

“The game is fun.
The game is a battle.
If it's not fun, why bother?
If it's not a battle, where's the fun?”
― Reggie Fils-Aimé