Solaris

Book · 3 characters · 198 quotes · 1961

Quotes from Solaris

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"In the end, all we have is the echo of our own voice."
Kris Kelvin Solitude
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"We are all strangers to ourselves."
Kris Kelvin Philosophy
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"Love is the attempt to transcend our fundamental isolation."
Kris Kelvin Love
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"Truth is a burden we carry reluctantly."
Kris Kelvin Truth
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"Compassion is an act of rebellion against the void."
Kris Kelvin Kindness
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"The ocean responds to our deepest desires and fears."
Kris Kelvin Imagination
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"Love transcends the boundaries of logic and reason."
Kris Kelvin Love
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"Consciousness is both our salvation and our curse."
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"What we call progress may be merely escape."
Kris Kelvin Change
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"To love is to accept the unbearable."
Kris Kelvin Love
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"We are all ghosts haunting our own lives."
Kris Kelvin Philosophy
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"Science cannot answer the deepest questions about existence."
Kris Kelvin Science
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"What is human contact but a desperate reaching in the dark?"
Kris Kelvin Relationships
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"We are drawn to what we cannot understand."
Kris Kelvin Adventure
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"Love is the most terrifying thing of all."
Kris Kelvin Love
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"We take what we can get, sometimes just the fog, sometimes just the hope of mercy."
Kris Kelvin Hope
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"Perhaps love is the only truly alien concept we might ever encounter."
Kris Kelvin Love
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"The ocean thinks with a intelligence beyond our comprehension."
Kris Kelvin Science
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"Every contact leaves a mark upon the soul."
Kris Kelvin Relationships
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"Contact between civilizations is only possible when there is something to communicate."
Kris Kelvin Knowledge
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"We don't want to conquer the cosmos, we simply want to extend the boundaries of Earth to the frontiers of the cosmos."
Kris Kelvin Philosophy
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"Hope persists even in the face of unknowable forces."
Kris Kelvin Hope
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"Truth requires more courage than we possess."
Kris Kelvin Courage
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"We are explorers of the cosmos but prisoners of our own hearts."
Kris Kelvin Freedom
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"Grief does not diminish with distance or time; it transforms."
Kris Kelvin Death
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"To love is to accept that we will always be misunderstood."
Kris Kelvin Love
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"We create what we need to destroy the loneliness within us."
Kris Kelvin Relationships
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"Memory haunts us like ghosts, reminding us of what we've lost."
Kris Kelvin Time
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"Love is the greatest mystery, yet we carry it with us even to alien worlds."
Kris Kelvin Love
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"We are afraid of what lies within us more than what lies beyond the stars."
Kris Kelvin Fear