Give it to me, my beloved; give us both this life of solitude and divine peace.

Speak one word--say that you are ready to fly with me--I will arrange everything for our escape; will guide us both to liberty, to happiness.

Speak this one word, and I will sever every tie that binds me to the world; my future and my life will belong to you alone.

We will strip off all the luxury that surrounds us as the glittering snake-skin with which we have concealed our real natures, and escape into the solitude as free, happy children of God.

If such a life of peace and rest does not satisfy you; if you wish to labor and create, be useful to mankind, we can find the opportunity.