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“He believed that technological progress was a disease in human society. The explosive development of technology was analogous to the growth of cancer cells, and the results would be identical: the exhaustion of all sources of nourishment, the destruction of organs, and the final death of the host body. He advocated abolishing crude technologies such as fossil fuels and nuclear energy and keeping gentler technologies such as solar power and small-scale hydroelectric power. He believed in the gradual de-urbanization of modern metropolises by distributing the population more evenly in self-sufficient small towns and villages. Relying on the gentler technologies, he would build a new agricultural society.”
― Liu Cixin, The Three-Body Problem

“And the sun comes out, like a kiss on the cheek from God.”
― M.R. Carey, The Girl With All the Gifts

“The truth is the truth, the only prize worth having. If you deny it, you’re only showing that you’re unworthy of it.”
― M.R. Carey, The Girl With All the Gifts

“Indeed, war and money seemed to be so popular on the news, it should more accurately have been titled The War and Money Show.”
― Matt Haig, The Humans