whence quotes

When I feel the urge to compose, I begin byappealing directly to my Maker and I first ask Him the three most important questions pertaining to our life here in this worldwhence, wherefore, whither.

-Johannes Brahms
Quoted in  A Hopkins Music  All  Around Me (1967).

Whence are we, and why are we? Of what scene The actors or spectators?

- Percy Bysshe Shelley
Adonais, stanza 21.