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Happy is the man, I thought, who, before dying, has the good fortune to sail the Aegean sea.
Nikos Kazantzakis
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Nikos Kazantzakis
Age: 74 †
Born: 1883
Born: February 18
Died: 1957
Died: October 26
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Overdraw me, Lord, and who cares if I break.
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As long as there are flowers and children and birds in the world, have no fears: everything will be fine.
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You gave me your curse, holy Fathers. I give you a blessing: May you be as moral and religious as I am.
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Before me is the abyss. How can I leap across it? And if I do not leap, how shall I ever be able to reach God?
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Man is able, and has the duty, to reach the furthest point on the road he has chosen. Only by means of hope can we attain what is beyond hope.
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