“They had been in love, desperately in love, but the universe cared nothing for the vicissitudes of the human heart.”

—  Alastair Reynolds, book Redemption Ark

Source: Redemption Ark (2002), Chapter 31 (p. 586)

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British novelist and astronomer 1966

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