Do you think life is nothing but a fragile, thin, soft shel… - Liu Cixin

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Do you think life is nothing but a fragile, thin, soft shell clinging to the surface of this planet?” “Isn’t it?” “Only if you neglect the power of time. If a colony of ants continue to move clods the size of grains of rice, they could remove all of Mount Tai in a billion years. As long as you give it enough time, life is stronger than metal and stone, more powerful than typhoons and volcanoes.

Liu Cixin

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Liu Cixin (born June 23, 1963) is a Chinese science fiction writer.

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Native Name: 刘慈欣

Alternative Names: Cixin Liu • Liu Ci Xin • Da Liu • Big Liu • Daliu • Liu Da • Liucixin • Liu Ci-Xin • Ci-Xin Liu

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Guardó silencio unos instantes. Luego se volvió y se marchó, incapaz de sentir pena. Le pasaba lo mismo que a un medidor Geiger: expuesto a tal cantidad de radioactividad, su lectura siempre tendía a cero.

Everything you see before you is the result of poverty. But how are things any better in the wealthy countries? They protect their own environments, but then shift the heavily polluting industries to the poorer nations.

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