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

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

Leave me to my own absurdity.

There was the girl, screaming like an angry bird,
When it finds its nest left empt and little ones gone." - Sentry

There is no more deadly peril than disobedience;
States are devoured by it, homes laid in ruins,
Armies defeated, victory turned to rout.
White simple obedience saves the lives of hundreds
Of honest folk." - Creon

The dead alone can feel no touch of spite.