Voss - pg. 102

"It is not of great use," she said, and not of exceptional beauty. I no longer give it much thought, except to bring it. From habit,, you know. In the beginning it pleased me beacuse it was something unusual, and foreign. I liked to think I might visit foreign places, such as the one from which my present had come. I would dream about the Indies. Mauritius, Zanzibar. Names should be charms, Mr. Palfreyman. I used to hope that, by saying some of them often enough, I might evoke reality."