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The Selected Letters of Nikos Kazantzakis
Nikos Kazantzakis
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“I am always filled with melancholy. It’s as if I see everything black. Everything wounds me deeply.”
“Good god how much I have suffered, but serenely, because I understood that what I endured was nothing, just a caress compared to the world’s boundless misfortune.”
“My heart is always heavy. No matter where I go, I have no pleasure. I’m hiding. Everything that I do, write and think strikes me as unworthy. And human beings are horrible, ignoble companions. I often think, furthermore, that the only thing worthy of our lofty nature is death.”
“I'm alone and am suffocating because I'm unable to give voice to my emotions.”
“I am not yet a complete person. I am struggling to conquer my weakness. I am good at finding what is right, at enflaming various souls, at lighting up various minds. But I am unable, on my own, to come in contact with people, to battle against indifference, ridicule or even small talk.”
“This distance between my dreams and my capabilities makes me so furious that I want to die–to die from spite and also from grief.”
“My soul is seething, agitated by a certain vague desire, an incomprehensible soul-fluttering, a magical attraction, a hidden pain.”
“I’m worried. My heart is filled with uneasiness, apprehension, agitation.”
“I’m sad, uneasy. I look with awe on my life and soul. Nothing satisfies me.”
“I think I am going to die of anguish. I cannot do it. I do not have the strength any longer to begin. My mind is fully armed, but I am unable to take the frightening leap.”
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apprehension, capabilities, depression, soul, dreams, grief, agitation, worried, suffering, uneasiness, melancholy
