4 Quotes & Sayings By Nikos Kazantsakis

Nikos Kazantsakis is a Greek writer, born in Athens in 1967. He studied philosophy at the University of Athens and has been working as a journalist since 1990. His first novel, The Black Water (2009), was published in English translation by Harvill Secker. He is the author of eight novels, including A Martyr of Time (2008), The Stag (2009), and The Blind Man (2011).

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What a mystery woman is, boss! Even if she falls thousand times, she rises a thousand times a virgin. But how´s that? you´ll say. Because she doesn´t remember! Nikos Kazantsakis
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Christ is born, my wise Solomon, my wretched pen-pusher! Don´t go picking things over with a needle! Is He born or isn´t He? Of course He is born, don´t be daft. If you take a magnifying glass and look at your drinking water-an engineer told me this, one day — you´ll see, he said, the water´s full of little worms you couldn´t see with your naked eye. You´ll see the worms and you won´t drink. You won´t drink and you´ll curl up with thirst. Smash your glass, boss, and the little worms´ll vanish and you can drink and be refreshed! . Nikos Kazantsakis
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God enjoys himself, kills, commits injustice, makes love, works, likes impossible things, just the same as I do. But, boss, I´ve said so before, and I say it again, God and the devil are one and the same thing! Nikos Kazantsakis