"Love has seven names, / Which, as you know, are appropriate to her; / Chain, light, live coal, and fire - / ... dew, living spring, and hell."

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Source : Hadewijch, Columba Hart (1980). “Hadewijch (CWS)”, p.352, Paulist Press

Hadewijch

#Spring Quotes #Names Quotes #Fire Quotes

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