1
For this is love's truth; she joins two in one being, makes sweet sour, strangers neighbors, and the lowly noble.Hadewijch
2
Be fervent in God, and let nothing grieve you, whatever you encounter.Hadewijch
3
At that time I also had, for a short while, the strength to bear it. But all too soon I lost external sight of the shape of that beautiful man, and I saw him disappear to nothing, so quickly melting away and fusing together that I could not see or observe him outside of me, nor discern him within me. It was to me at that moment as if we were one without distinction.Hadewijch
4
Make haste to Love.Hadewijch