Such is the effect of love's flood rushing into its lovers. It sweeps them away, ravishes them, and swamps them in its waves. These people become love itself - its spirit, its divinity - insofar as it is possible for any creature in this life. (John of St. Samson)

Such is the effect of love's flood rushing into its lovers. It sweeps them away, ravishes them, and swamps them in its waves. These people become love itself - its spirit, its divinity - insofar as it is possible for any creature in this life.

John of St. Samson

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