Dante Alighieri book Inferno
Canto XIII, lines 58–60 (tr. C. E. Norton).
The Divine Comedy (c. 1308–1321), Inferno
“This is your heart. Keep it locked until the chap turns up who has the key.”
— Jean Webster, book Just Patty
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