• Author: Baoshu
  • Full Title: The Redemption of Time
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Highlights

  • To hold on to one’s independent will, to refuse to submit to enslavement, to despise enticements as well as threats—such was the dignity and pride of each individual human being. (Location 539)
  • “A man once said, ‘Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.’” “What … what nonsense is that? That sounds like a paradox.” “No, this is a lesson from one of the greatest teachers of our species. Many still believe that this is the greatest truth in the universe, far more important than mere survival.” The Trisolarans did not respond for some time, as though sensing the spiritual power in those words. After a while, they said, “If every species in the cosmos believed this, perhaps there would be no dark forest.” (Location 1093)
  • Time made our rich and varied existence and society possible, but we had to pay a price for this gift: to be bound up in time. We had to submit to death and destruction. From the coddled interior of an eternal existence, we were pulled to the edge, where we must live and die in time. (Location 3000)