The only thing I know is this: I am full of wounds and still standing …

Nikos Kazantzakis
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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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By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired. ✨ Nikos Kazantzakis (2012). Report to Greco, p.603, Simon … ▶
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What a strange machine man is! You fill him with bread, wine, fish, and radishes, and out comes sighs, laughter, and dreams. ✨ Zorba the Greek. Book by Nikos Kazantzakis, Ch. 23, 1946.
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