Sublime
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Before leaving Base 1, Zhang Beihai had dropped his space suit’s positioning unit in his own cabin so the surveillance system would not be aware that he had left the base and there would be no record of his movements. Using the thrusters on his suit, he flew eighty kilometers through space to the position he had selected. Then he waited.
Cixin Liu • The Dark Forest (The Three-Body Problem Series Book 2)
the bottom of this now that I’ve started.’ Papagopolous came through ten minutes later. Pedler
Ken Follett • Triple

the new place for a year now.… When Zhang Yuanchao thought about it, everything was completely satisfactory. He had to admit that as far as affairs of state were concerned, Lao Yang was right. Still, as he looked out from his eighth-story
Cixin Liu • The Dark Forest (The Three-Body Problem Series Book 2)

This verse reminds me of Confucius’ words: “When I was young, historians still left blanks” (Lunyu: 15.25). Not being a historian, I have proceeded despite uncertainty.

