Give me yourself, O my God, give yourself back to me. Lo, I love you, …

Saint Augustine
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Give me yourself, O my God, give yourself back to me. Lo, I love you, but if my love is too mean, let me love more passionately. I cannot gauge my love, nor know how far it fails, how much more love I need for my life to set its course straight into your arms, never swerving until hidden in the covert of your face. ✨ The Confessions.
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