Iva

“Time and again the thought comes to my mind
of the dark condition Love imparts to me;
then the pity of it strikes me, and I ask:
“Could ever anyone have felt the same?”
For Love’s attack is so precipitous
that life itself all but abandons me:
nothing survives except one lonely spirit,
allowed to live because it speaks of you. With hope of help to come I gather courage,
and deathly languid, drained of all defenses,
I come to you expecting to be healed;
and if I raise my eyes to look at you,
within my heart a tremor starts to spread,
driving out life, stopping my pulses’ beat.”
― Dante Alighieri, Dante's Vita Nuova: A Translation and an Essay

“I took a certain pride in knowing I'd helped ruin his life enough to give him something substantial to write about.”
― Mick Jagger

“Let us go, for the length of our journey demands it.”
― Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy

“I come from a place, I long to return to:”
― Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy