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I never think I'm making fun of my culture. In fact I'm making fun of myself, because I catch myself doing some very stupid things.
Quote by -Chuck Palahniuk
'At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom' by Amy Hempel showed me the lean quality of prose.
Quote by -Chuck Palahniuk
I've always been very curious about fringe cultures where people temporarily adopt a different social model or way of presenting themselves.
Quote by -Chuck Palahniuk
I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else.
Quote by -Nikos Kazantzakis
True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create their own.
Quote by -Nikos Kazantzakis
God changes his appearance every second. Blessed is the man who can recognize him in all his disguises.
Quote by -Nikos Kazantzakis
If a woman sleeps alone it puts a shame on all men. God has a very big heart, but there is one sin He will not forgive. If a woman calls a man to her bed and he will not go.
Quote by -Nikos Kazantzakis
A man needs a little madness, or else... he never dares cut the rope and be free.
Quote by -Nikos Kazantzakis
Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.
Quote by -Nikos Kazantzakis
The only thing I know is this: I am full of wounds and still standing on my feet.
Quote by -Nikos Kazantzakis
I said to the almond tree, 'Sister, speak to me of God.' And the almond tree blossomed.
Quote by -Nikos Kazantzakis
Life is trouble. Only death is not. To be alive is to undo your belt and *look* for trouble.
Quote by -Nikos Kazantzakis
You have your brush, you have your colors, you paint the paradise, then in you go.
Quote by -Nikos Kazantzakis
Happy is the man, I thought, who, before dying, has the good fortune to sail the Aegean sea.
Quote by -Nikos Kazantzakis
Every man has his folly, but the greatest folly of all … is not to have one.
Quote by -Nikos Kazantzakis
For I realize today that it is a mortal sin to violate the great laws of nature. We should not hurry, we should not be impatient, but we should confidently obey the eternal rhythm.
Quote by -Nikos Kazantzakis
The highest point a man can attain is not Knowledge, or Virtue, or Goodness, or Victory, but something even greater, more heroic and more despairing: Sacred Awe!
Quote by -Nikos Kazantzakis
All those who actually live the mysteries of life haven't the time to write, and all those who have the time don't live them! D'you see?
Quote by -Nikos Kazantzakis
We come from a dark abyss, we end in a dark abyss, and we call the luminous interval life.
Quote by -Nikos Kazantzakis
You have everything but one thing: madness. A man needs a little madness or else - he never dares cut the rope and be free.
Quote by -Nikos Kazantzakis
Let your youth have free reign, it won't come again, so be bold and no repenting.
Quote by -Nikos Kazantzakis
What a strange machine man is! You fill him with bread, wine, fish, and radishes, and out comes sighs, laughter, and dreams.
Quote by -Nikos Kazantzakis
When everyone drowns and I'm the only one to escape, God is protecting me. When everyone else is saved and I'm the only one to drown, God is protecting me then too.
Quote by -Nikos Kazantzakis
Beauty is merciless. You do not look at it, it looks at you and does not forgive.
Quote by -Nikos Kazantzakis
When I encounter a sunrise, a painting, a woman, or an idea that makes my heart bound like a young calf, then I know I am standing in front of happiness.
Quote by -Nikos Kazantzakis
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.
Quote by -Nikos Kazantzakis
My principle anguish and the source of all my joys and sorrows from my youth onward has been the incessant, merciless battle between the spirit and the flesh.
Quote by -Nikos Kazantzakis
Every man has his folly, but the greatest folly of all, in my view, is not to have one.
Quote by -Nikos Kazantzakis
If I were fire, I would burn; if I were a woodcutter, I would strike. But I am a heart, and I love.
Quote by -Nikos Kazantzakis
The sole way to save oneself is to save others. Or to struggle to save others -even that is sufficient.
Quote by -Nikos Kazantzakis
There is only one sin god will not forgive Boss, and that is to deny a woman who is in wanting ~ Zorba
Quote by -Nikos Kazantzakis
Throughout my life my greatest benefactors have been my travels and my dreams. Very few men, living or dead, have helped me in my struggles.
Quote by -Nikos Kazantzakis
How could I, who loved life so intensely, have let myself be entangled for so long in that balderdash of books and paper blackened with ink!
Quote by -Nikos Kazantzakis
Let people be, boss; don't open their eyes. And supposing you did, what'd they see? Their misery! Leave their eyes closed, boss, and let them go on dreaming!
Quote by -Nikos Kazantzakis
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.
Quote by -Nikos Kazantzakis
Freedom was my first great desire. The second, which remains hidden within me to this day, tormenting me, was the desire for sanctity. Hero together with saint: such is mankind's supreme model.
Quote by -Nikos Kazantzakis