“The moment I saw her, I say in all truth that the vital spirit, which dwells in the inmost depth of the heart, began to tremble so violently that I felt the vibration alarmingly in my pulses.”
More from Dante Alighieri
“The path to paradise begins in hell.”
“I did not die, and yet I lost life’s breath.”
“The devil is not as black as he is painted.”
“To me, the whole world is a homeland, like the sea to fish.”