I have been a stranger here in my own land: All my life

It is my nature to join in love, not hate.

Leave me to my own absurdity.

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

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

I had been alone more than I could have been had I gone by myself.