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The epitaph on his tombstone reads Δεν ελπίζω τίποτα. Δε φοβούμαι τίποτα. Είμαι λέφτερος (“I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free”).
“I said to the almond tree, ‘Sister, speak to me of God.’ And the almond tree blossomed.”
Nikos Kazantzakis (d. 1957), Report to Greco
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