The Ebony Tower (1974) by John Fowles consists of 5 short novels with interlacing themes, built around a medieval myth: The Ebony Tower,Eliduc, Poor Koko, The Enigma and The Cloud.
Quotations from The Ebony Tower:
"Paint. Just paint. This is my advice. And leave the clever talk to the poor sods who canīt" Henry Breasley in The Ebony Tower
" The princess calls, but there is no one, now, to hear her" The Cloud
"The tender pragmatisms of flesh have poetries no enigma - human or divine - can deminish or demeanor. Indeed, it can only cause them, and then walk out." The Enigma