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“Every era puts invisible shackles on those who have lived through it, and I can only dance in my chains.”
― Liu Cixin, The Three-Body Problem

“In the almost film-like flitting-by of modern life, a man needs something to tell him, from time to time, that he is still himself, and nothing can give him this assurance in so comforting a manner as the “four feet trotting behind”.”
― Konrad Lorenz, King Solomon's Ring

“Trying to be witty leads to lying, more or less.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

“Oh, mankind, race of crocodiles! How well I recognize you down there, and how worthy you are of yourselves!”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo