Thirty letters that Ernest Hemingway wrote to Marlene Dietrich between 1949 and 1959 will be revealed to the public on Monday, The New York Times reports. Donated by Dietrich’s daughter, Maria Riva, the letters, which complement 31 letters from Dietrich to Hemingway already in the the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, paint a portrait of a friendship, but also of a romantic love that was never consummated.

The article provides a few tantalizing excerpts from the letters, such as this from Hemingway:
“I can’t say how every time I ever put my arms around you I felt that I was home.” He begins another: “What do you really want to do for a life work? Break everybody’s heart for a dime? You could always break mine for a nickel and I’d bring the nickel.”