With the following words, this famous person describes to his brother Theo the passion he feels for his cousin Kee: Life has become very dear to me, and I am very glad that I love. My life and my love are one. But you are faced with a no, never never is your reply. My answer to that is, Old boy, for the present I look upon that no, never never as a block of ice which I press to my heart to thaw.