“The bond between true lovers is as close as we come to what endures forever.”
Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018) American writer
Source: Earthsea Books, The Other Wind (2001), Chapter 4 “Dolphin” (p. 231)
“After their encounter on the approach to Jupiter, there would aways be a secret bond between them---not of love, but of tenderness, which is often more enduring.”
— Arthur C. Clarke, book 2010: Odyssey Two
Source: 2010: Odyssey Two
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