
The Three-Body Problem

“But she was a woman. A woman should be like water, able to flow over and around anything.”
Liu, Cixin • The Three-Body Problem
pacifism.
Liu, Cixin • The Three-Body Problem
She didn’t find him unpleasant, but her heart was like ashes from which the flame of love could no longer be lit.
Liu, Cixin • The Three-Body Problem
incandescent
Liu, Cixin • The Three-Body Problem
Does it represent the yearning for order, or the surrender to chaos?
Liu, Cixin • The Three-Body Problem
well within the planet’s Roche limit31
Liu, Cixin • The Three-Body Problem
Everyone likes to reminisce, but no one wants to listen, and everyone feels annoyed when someone else tells a story.
Liu, Cixin • The Three-Body Problem
No matter what the Trisolarans are like, their arrival will be good news for the terminally ill human race.”