From "Vita Brevis, A Letter to Saint Augustine"

 "I haven't seen anything supernatural or heard voices either, in that way I am still a simple woman. I wish you nothing but good for the salvation of your soul. 

But life is short and I know so little. What if there is no heaven above us, Aurel, imagine that this life is what we were created for! Then, may our souls soar above the Arno for all eternity. For was it not in Florentina that Floria flourished, and was it not in the evening sunshine over the Arno that Aurel's brow gleamed gold?"

    -Vita Bretis rueing her regrets on her forbidden tryst with the bishop, St. Augustine, in a letter. (We still don't know if she ever ended up sending it or not)