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Famous Quotes

Voices echoing through the Three-Body universe

Sophon (Trisolaran Civilization)

You are bugs.

Sophon (Trisolaran Civilization)

Shi Qiang

Bugs have never been truly defeated.

Shi Qiang

Earth-Trisolaris Organization

Eliminate human tyranny! The world belongs to Trisolaris!

Earth-Trisolaris Organization

A Trisolaran pacifist

Do not answer! Do not answer! Do not answer!

A Trisolaran pacifist

Yang Dong (suicide note)

Physics doesn't exist anymore.

Yang Dong (suicide note)

Ye Wenjie

This is all part of the plan.

Ye Wenjie

Ye Wenjie

I lit the fire, but I couldn't control it.

Ye Wenjie

Luo Ji

The universe is big, but life is bigger.

Luo Ji

Universal survival axiom

Hide yourself well. Cleanse well.

Universal survival axiom

Great Trough era motto

Give to civilization the years, rather than give to the years a civilization.

Great Trough era motto

Trisolaran Civilization (via Sophon)

Wallfacer Luo Ji, I am your Wall-Breaker.

Trisolaran Civilization (via Sophon)

Luo Ji

The Dark Forest theory and the two axioms — if you believe it, there's nothing I can do now; if you don't believe it, there's also nothing I can do now.

Luo Ji

Zhang Beihai (inner monologue)

The cavalry of Genghis Khan attacked at roughly the speed of 20th-century armored units; the crossbows of the Northern Song had a range of 1,500 meters, comparable to modern firearms. But none of this could stop the wheel of history.

Zhang Beihai (inner monologue)

Thomas Wade

Lose humanity, lose much; lose bestiality, lose everything.

Thomas Wade

Yun Tianming (hinted through fairy tales)

Erta the words in stone.

Yun Tianming (hinted through fairy tales)

Weakness and ignorance are not barriers to survival, but arrogance is.

Liu Cixin (narration)

The Singer

I'm going to kill you. What does that have to do with you?

The Singer

Thomas Wade

Advance! Advance!! Advance by any means necessary!!!

Thomas Wade

Inscription

Give to time the gift of life, give to civilization the gift of years.

Inscription

Guan Yifan

The great universe will not treat you gently because of your self-pity.

Guan Yifan

Sophon (Trisolaran Civilization)

You are bugs.

你们是虫子。

Sophon (Trisolaran Civilization)The Trisolaran declaration of contempt to all humanity via SophonsBook 1
Shi Qiang

Bugs have never been truly defeated.

虫子从来没有被真正战胜过。

Shi QiangShi Qiang's response to Wang Miao after the "You are bugs" declarationBook 1
Earth-Trisolaris Organization

Eliminate human tyranny! The world belongs to Trisolaris!

消灭人类暴政,世界属于三体!

Earth-Trisolaris OrganizationThe collective oath of ETO membersBook 1
A Trisolaran pacifist

Do not answer! Do not answer! Do not answer!

不要回答!不要回答!不要回答!

A Trisolaran pacifistThe first Trisolaran reply Ye Wenjie received, warning Earth not to reveal its positionBook 1
Yang Dong (suicide note)

Physics doesn't exist anymore.

物理学不存在了。

Yang Dong (suicide note)Yang Dong's suicide note after discovering particle accelerator experiments were being disruptedBook 1
Ye Wenjie

This is all part of the plan.

这是计划的一部分。

Ye WenjieYe Wenjie's calm response about the conspiracy at an ETO gatheringBook 1
Ye Wenjie

I lit the fire, but I couldn't control it.

我点燃了火,却控制不了它。

Ye WenjieYe Wenjie's late-life reflection on triggering the Trisolaran CrisisBook 1
Luo Ji

The universe is big, but life is bigger.

宇宙很大,但生活更大。

Luo JiLuo Ji's attitude during his early days as a WallfacerBook 2
Universal survival axiom

Hide yourself well. Cleanse well.

藏好自己,做好清理。

Universal survival axiomThe core behavioral code of the Dark Forest theoryBook 2
Great Trough era motto

Give to civilization the years, rather than give to the years a civilization.

给岁月以文明,而不是给文明以岁月。

Great Trough era mottoA civilizational motto derived from painful reflection during the Great TroughBook 2
Trisolaran Civilization (via Sophon)

Wallfacer Luo Ji, I am your Wall-Breaker.

面壁者罗辑,我是你的破壁人。

Trisolaran Civilization (via Sophon)The Trisolarans declared Luo Ji needed no Wall-Breaker — they couldn't understand his planBook 2
Luo Ji

The Dark Forest theory and the two axioms — if you believe it, there's nothing I can do now; if you don't believe it, there's also nothing I can do now.

黑暗森林法则和两条公理,如果你相信,我现在什么也做不了;如果你不相信,我现在也什么也做不了。

Luo JiLuo Ji's declaration to Trisolaran civilization while establishing deterrence at the graveyardBook 2
Zhang Beihai (inner monologue)

The cavalry of Genghis Khan attacked at roughly the speed of 20th-century armored units; the crossbows of the Northern Song had a range of 1,500 meters, comparable to modern firearms. But none of this could stop the wheel of history.

成吉思汗的骑兵,攻击速度与二十世纪的装甲部队相当;北宋的床弩,射程达一千五百米,与其他的武器相比已不逊色。但这些都不能阻挡历史的车轮。

Zhang Beihai (inner monologue)Zhang Beihai's reasoning that conventional human weapons cannot counter TrisolaransBook 2
Thomas Wade

Lose humanity, lose much; lose bestiality, lose everything.

失去人性,失去很多;失去兽性,失去一切。

Thomas WadeWade's extreme summary of the universal survival principleBook 3
Yun Tianming (hinted through fairy tales)

Erta the words in stone.

把字刻在石头上。

Yun Tianming (hinted through fairy tales)One of Yun Tianming's survival messages transmitted through three fairy talesBook 3

Weakness and ignorance are not barriers to survival, but arrogance is.

弱小和无知不是生存的障碍,傲慢才是。

Liu Cixin (narration)A summary of humanity's blind confidence before the Doomsday BattleBook 2
The Singer

I'm going to kill you. What does that have to do with you?

我要杀你,与你何干?

The SingerThe ultimate embodiment of the Singer civilization's indifference toward cleansing lesser civilizationsBook 3
Thomas Wade

Advance! Advance!! Advance by any means necessary!!!

前进!前进!!不择手段地前进!!!

Thomas WadeWade's declaration while pushing for lightspeed ship developmentBook 3
Inscription

Give to time the gift of life, give to civilization the gift of years.

给时光以生命,给岁月以文明。

InscriptionA Deterrence Era inscription, a poetic echo of the Great Trough mottoBook 3
Guan Yifan

The great universe will not treat you gently because of your self-pity.

大宇宙不会因为你的自怜而对你温柔。

Guan YifanGuan Yifan explaining the cruel nature of the universe to Cheng XinBook 3