"The universe is a pretty big place. If it's just us, seems like an awful waste of space."

宇宙是一个相当大的地方。如果只有我们，那似乎是对空间的极大浪费。

"The measure of a civilization is how it treats its weakest members."

衡量一个文明的标准是它如何对待其最弱的成员。

"The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next."

使生命成为可能的唯一事情是永久且难以忍受的不确定性；不知道接下来会发生什么。

"We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further."

对于人类曾经信仰的大多数神，我们都是无神论者。有些人只是更进一步，连一个神都不信。

"The problem with being faster than light is that you can only live in darkness."

比光速更快的问题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."

对付一个不自由的世界的方法就是变得如此绝对自由，以至于你的存在本身就是一种反叛。