Confessiones X, 6,8
Quote 04 14
What is then that I love when I love you? Not bodily beauty, and not temporal glory, not the clear shining light, lovely as it is to our eyes, not the sweet melodies of many-moded songs, not the soft smell of flowers and ointments and perfumes, not manna and honey, not limbs made for the body’s embrace, not these do I love when I love my God. Yet I do love a certain light, a certain voice, a certain odor, a certain food, a certain embrace when I love my God.