Nikos Kazantzakis frasi celebri
“La morte non è una porta che si chiude, è una porta che si apre. Si apre e si entra.”
libro L'ultima tentazione di Cristo
“Se l’uomo non arriva al bordo del precipizio, non gli cresceranno le ali sulla schiena.”
libro L'ultima tentazione di Cristo
Zorba the Greek
Zorba the Greek
Nikos Kazantzakis: Frasi in inglese
Book XI, line 652
The Odyssey : A Modern Sequel (1938)
Book II, line 457
The Odyssey : A Modern Sequel (1938)
“The doors of heaven and hell are adjacent and identical.”
Origine: The Last Temptation of Christ (1951), Ch. 18
“Death gestured with his hands and bade the king thrice welcome.”
Book VIII, line 168
The Odyssey : A Modern Sequel (1938)
This is how the spirit comes. After the gale, the earthquake, and fire: a gentle, cooling breeze. This is how it will come in our own day as well. We are passing through the period of earthquake, the fire is approaching, and eventually (when? after how many generations?) the gentle, cool breeze will blow.
"The Desert. Sinai.", Ch. 21, p. 278
Report to Greco (1965)
Odysseus, Book X, line 892
The Odyssey : A Modern Sequel (1938)