I owe more to the dead, with whom I will spend a much longer time, than I will ever owe to the living.

I owe more to the dead, with whomI will spend a much longer time,than I will ever owe to the living.

And instead my beloved, luck sent you back to me colder than ashes, later than shadow.

May the dead forgive me, I can do no otherBut as I am commanded; to do more is madness." - Ismene, Antigone (The Theban Plays) by Sophocles

May the dead forgive me, I can do no otherBut as I am commanded; to do more is madness." - Ismene