“The age-old faith of lovers and poets in the power of love, stronger than death, that Finis vitae sed non amoris [Life ends but not love], is a lie, useless and not even funny.”

—  Stanisław Lem , book Solaris

Source: Solaris (1961), Ch. 14: "The Old Mimoid", p. 204

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Polish science fiction author 1921–2006

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