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« When Ulysses’ [Odysseus’s] companions savoured the exotic lotus, their palates relished the taste that undid them … So I relish the books that have hurt me, love the weapon that inflicted my wounds. » Ovid.

“If I'd known the harm I'd suffer from her and her sisters
I'd never have set my hand to their holy game—
but what to do now? I'm hooked.
Creative inspiration has got me.
Though verse-ruined, I’m mad enough to love verse still.”
-Ovid. Tristia.