Haunted by history

“Dripping water hollows out a stone.”

This Ovid quote is haunting me today.

Initially, I saw it sprawled across the architecture at Grand Central Station as I rushed along the hallway to get my morning coffee. I did not stop, but paused, realizing the depth of the phrase.

Then, as I sat aboard a train, I pulled out galleys of a book I reading. Again, I saw this quote, upon the pages of the proofs.

When Ovid, who has been dead since around the time of Christ, starts stalking you throughout your morning commute, you can’t help but take notice.

The words are clearly a comment on the nature of the universe, and I can’t help that this long-dead poet is trying to send me a message.

Alas, perhaps it’s just some sort of classical deity form of gas-lighting. Those crazy Roman poets!