Micah Yip

“The shade of Orpheus now fled below,
and recognized all he had seen before;
and as he searched through the Elysian Fields,
he came upon his lost Eurydice,
and passionately threw his arms about her;
here and now, they walk together, side by side,
or now he follows as she goes before,
or he precedes, and she goes after him;
and now there is no longer any danger
when Orpheus looks upon Eurydice.”
― Ovid, Metamorphoses

“The ties that bind in piety were overcome by fear, and he surrendered them for punishment: a brother's pardonable cowardice.”
― Ovid, Metamorphoses

“The one good thing about national anthems is that we're already on our feet, and therefore ready to run.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

“Nothing persists without changing its outward appearance,
for Nature is always engaged in acts of renewal,
creating new forms everywhere out of the old ones;
nothing in all of the cosmos can perish, believe me,
but takes on a different shape; and what we call birth is
when something first changes out of its former condition,
and what we call death is when its identity ceases;
things may perhaps be translated hither and thither;
nevertheless, they stay constant in their sum total.”
― Ovid, Metamorphoses