We come from a dark abyss, we end in a dark abyss, and we call the lum…

Nikos Kazantzakis
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We come from a dark abyss, we end in a dark abyss, and we call the luminous interval life. ✨ Nikos Kazantzakis (2012). Saviors of God, p.29, Simon and Schuster
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I surrender myself to everything. I love, I feel pain, I struggle. The world seems to me wider than the mind, my heart a dark and almighty mystery. ✨ Nikos Kazantzakis (2012). Saviors of God, p.38, S … ▶
Beauty is merciless. You do not look at it, it looks at you and does not forgive. ✨ Nikos Kazantzakis (2012). Report to Greco, p.248, Simon and Schuster
The truth is that we all are one, that all of us together create god, that god is not man's ancestor, but his descendant. ✨ Nikos Kazantzakis (2012). Report to Greco, p.448, Simon and Schuster
When shall I at last retire into solitude alone, without companions, without joy and without sorrow, with only the sacred certainty that all is a dream? When, in my rags—without desires—shall I retir … ▶
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.

We come from a dark abyss, we end in a dark abyss, and we call the luminous interval life. ✨ Nikos Kazantzakis (2012). Saviors of God, p.29, Simon and Schuster

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