"The Dark Forest" Quotes
In "The Dark Forest," humanity must devise a desperate strategy to survive impending alien invasion, as the universe is revealed to be a hostile place where civilizations hide or destroy each other to ensure their own existence.
science fiction | 512 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
Survival is the most basic instinct in the universe.
The universe is a dark forest. Every civilization is an armed hunter stalking through the trees like a ghost, gently pushing aside branches that block the path and trying to tread without sound. Even breathing is done with care. The hunter has to be careful, because everywhere in the forest are stealthy hunters like him. If he finds other life — another hunter, an angel or a demon, a delicate infant or a tottering old man, a fairy or a demigod — there's only one thing he can do: open fire and eliminate them. In this forest, hell is other people. An eternal threat that any life that exposes its own existence will be swiftly wiped out.
The universe is full of traps. Smart hunters will never reveal themselves.
The universe is a dark forest. Every civilization is a hunter with a gun. Sometimes you need a gun that can shoot through walls.
In the dark forest, the hunter can never relax, because the prey might be observing the hunter's movements as well.
The universe is a hunting ground, and the hunter is the one who's hunted.
The universe is a dark forest. Every civilization is a hunter, and every hunter treads softly.
The dark forest is the universe's response to the Fermi Paradox.
In the dark forest, a single spark can ignite the entire sky.
In the dark forest of the universe, it is better to hide than to reveal your existence.
