伊恩·M·班克斯
《文化》系列科幻小說的創(chuàng)作者
"The universe is a pretty big place. If it's just us, seems like an awful waste of space."
宇宙是一個相當大的地方。如果只有我們，那似乎是對空間的極大浪費。
"The measure of a civilization is how it treats its weakest members."
衡量一個文明的標準是它如何對待其最弱的成員。
"The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next."
使生命成為可能的唯一事情是永久且難以忍受的不確定性；不知道接下來會發(fā)生什么。
"We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further."
對于人類曾經(jīng)信仰的大多數(shù)神，我們都是無神論者。有些人只是更進一步，連一個神都不信。
"The problem with being faster than light is that you can only live in darkness."
比光速更快的問題在于你只能生活在黑暗中。
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."
對付一個不自由的世界的方法就是變得如此絕對自由，以至于你的存在本身就是一種反叛。