“Each artist seems . . . to be the
native of an unknown country, which
he himself has forgotten . . .”

—Marcel Proust, The Captive

“The hand that wounded you
shall also heal.”

—Claudius, Emperor of Rome,
quoting from the tale of
Telephus and Achilles

“nothing counts save the quality of the affection”

—Ezra Pound, Canto LXXVII