Numbness to the universe is pervasive in society. - Liu Cixin

It’s an interesting thing, really: The rigorous, science-based predictions of scientists and futurologists and the spirited “flights of fancy” of sci-fi writers are just about equally (in)accurate!

Once I know where I am, then the world becomes as narrow as a map. When I don’t know, the world feels unlimited.

But one always awoke from a dream, just like the sun — which, though it would rise again, brought no fresh hope.