We, Hermia, like two artificial gods,
Have with our needles created both one flower,
Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion,
Both warbling of one song, both in one key,
As if our hands, our sides, voices, and minds
Had been incorporate.
– William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act 3, Scene 2. Helena asserts the close connection between her and Hermia, starting from the time they grew up together. She uses a simile to compare the two close friends to two gods embroidering a flower together on the same sampler.