"There was no pretense between us.
no simulation, no dishonest flattery,
no unbecoming harshnes
no evasion, no concealment,
but everything open and above board;
for I deemed my heart in a fashion his,
and his mine,
and he felt in a like manner towards me.
And so we were progressing in friendship without deviation,
neither's correction evoked indignation of the other,
neither's yielding produced blame."
-St. Aelred of Rievaulx
12 Century Cistercian monk and abbot.
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