Tao Te Ching
Broken Earth
Though in most ways a very different world than our historical one, many of the themes and issues—racism, environmental degradation, climate change, prejudice, political and cultural corruption—we grapple with on a day-to-day basis get played out here in dramatic ways. Winner of the 2016 and 2017 Hugo Awards for best novel, many of the stories in these three books illustrate our theme of Natural Hierarchy. Most of the common people are divide into 4 main classes: strong back workers, leaders, breeders, and technological engineers.
Quotes from Broken Earth
“Do you blame its walls when they inevitably crush the people inside? No; you blame whoever was stupid enough to think they could defy the laws of nature forever.”
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“for a society built on exploitation, there is no greater threat than having no one left to oppress.”
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“I thought you would’ve learned to question the status quo a little better by now.”
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“If you love someone, you don’t get to choose how they love you back.”
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“Magic, though, feels effortless… it is simply about knowing it’s there. Training yourself to see it.”
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“neither myths nor mysteries can hold a candle to the most infinitesimal spark of hope.”
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“No need for guards when you can convince people to collaborate in their own internment.”
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“Only people who think they have a future fear death.”
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“Relationships chisel the final shape of one’s being. I am me, and you.”
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“They all look different, but they have the same non-presence within”
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“We were all guilty. All complicit in the crime of attempting to enslave the world itself.”
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