My heart was not in me but with you, and now, even more, if it is not with you it is nowhere.

Héloïse

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Topic

Being in love Love

Author

Héloïse

Source

Letters of Abelard and Heloise

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Profession of love

Language

Latin

Time

1132 1130s 12th century

Era

Middle Ages

Occupation

Nun Philosopher Writer

From

France Europe

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Héloïse. Letter to Abelard. c. 1150.

Current Citation

Héloïse. "Letter 2: Heloise to Abelard." The Letters of Abelard and Heloise, edited and translated by Betty Radice. Penguin Books, 2004.

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