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My soul comes from better worlds and I have an incurable homesickness of the stars.
Nikos Kazantzakis
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Nikos Kazantzakis
Age: 74 †
Born: 1883
Born: February 18
Died: 1957
Died: October 26
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Death's dry bones glowed with light in the erotic dark but he woke not nor felt the two warm bodies merge the male worm then took heart and in his wife's ear whispered: With one sweet kiss, dear wife, we've conquered conquering Death!
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I loved my body and did not want it to perish I loved my soul and did not want it to decay. I have fought to reconcile these two primordial forces.
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We are not men, to have need of another, an eternal life we are women, and for us one moment with man we love is everlasting Paradise, one moment far from the man we love is everlasting hell. It is here on earth that we women love out eternity
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Yes, there is weeping, even in heaven, but it is for those who are still crawling on the earth.
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Every village has its simpleton, and if one does not exist they invent one to pass the time.
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Truly, everything in this world depended on time. Time ripened all. If you had time, you succeeded in working the human mud internally and turning it into spirit. Then you did not fear death. If you did not have time, you perished.
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There is only one sin god will not forgive Boss, and that is to deny a woman who is in wanting ~ Zorba
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Be always restless, unsatisfied, unconforming. Whenever a habit becomes convenient, smash it! The greatest sin of all is satisfaction.
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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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Every obstacle in his journey became a milestone, an occasion for further triumph. We have a model in front of us now, a model who blazes our trail and gives us strength.
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How simple and frugal a thing is happiness.
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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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Happy is the man, I thought, who, before dying, has the good fortune to sail the Aegean sea.
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It doesn't matter whether or not you have a head, you must wear the right sort of hat
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God sends rain, but He also sends hoods and when the rain grows heavier, He sends a cave.
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There's a devil inside me which cries, You're not the son of the Carpenter, you're the son of King David! You are not a man, you are the Son of man whom Daniel prophesied. And still more: The Son of God! And still more: God!
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The only thing I know is this: I am full of wounds and still standing on my feet.
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To succeed, you must first believe you can.
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