Virgil

Great line from Virgil for thinking about literature:

"Nisus ait: 'dine hunc ardorem mentibus addunt,
Euryale, an sua cuique deus fit dira cupido?" (IX.184)

Or in Fagles' translation:

"Euryalus,"

Nisus asks, "do the gods light this fire in our hearts

or does each man's mad desire become his god?" (IX.220)