from “The Divine Comedy”

“The love of God, unutterable and perfect,

            flows into a pure soul the way that light

            rushes into a transparent object.

The more love that it finds, the more it gives

            itself; so that, as we grow clear and open,

            the more complete the joy of loving is.

And the more souls who resonate together,

            the greater the intensity of their love,

            for, mirror-like, each soul reflects the others.”

--Dante