“A profound love between two people involves, after all, the power and chance of doing profound hurt.”

—  Ursula K. Le Guin , Hainish Cycle

Source: Hainish Cycle, The Left Hand of Darkness (1969), Chapter 18 “On the Ice” (p. 249)

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