“Do the gods light this fire in our hearts
or does each man's mad desire become his god?”
Dine hunc ardorem mentibus addunt,
Euryale, an sua cuique deus fit dira cupido?
Source: Aeneid (29–19 BC), Book IX, Lines 184–185 (tr. Fagles)
“Is it the gods who set this fire in our hearts, or do we each make our fierce desire into a god?”
— Ursula K. Le Guin, book Lavinia
Source: Lavinia (2008), p. 66
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