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1 " Hope is a slighter, tougher thing even than trust, he thought, pacing his room as the soundless, vague lightning flashed overhead. In a good season one trusts life; in a bad season one only hopes, But they are of the same essence: they are the mind's indispensable relationship with other minds, with the world, and with time. Without trust, a man lives, but not a human life; without hope, he dies. When there is no relationship, where hands do not touch, emotion atrophies in void and intelligence goes sterile and obsessed. Between men the only link left is that of owner to slave, or murderer to victim. "
― Ursula K. Le Guin , City of Illusions (Hainish Cycle, #3)
2 " A really well-made buttonhole is the only link between Art and Nature. "
― Oscar Wilde , Complete Works of Oscar Wilde
3 " Feelings have the divine attracting power. Feelings are the only link between you and everything around you. "
4 " A single radio post still heard him. The only link between him and the world was a wave of music, a minor modulation. Not a lament, no cry, yet purest of sounds that ever spoke despair. "
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry , Night Flight
5 " Suffering is the positive element in this world, indeed it is the only link between this world and the positive. "
