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Yiannis Ritsos was a Greek poet and left-wing activist and an active member of the Greek Resistance during World War II. Wikipedia  

✵ 1. May 1909 – 11. November 1990  •  Other names Yannis Ritsos, یانیس ریتسوس, ヤニス・リッツォス, Յաննիս Ռիցոս, Яніс Рыцас
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Famous Yiannis Ritsos Quotes

“I know that each one of us travels to love alone,
alone to faith and to death.
I know it. I’ve tried it. It doesn’t help.
Let me come with you.”

Yiannis Ritsos

Source: The Moonlight Sonata

“When there's a moon the shadows in the house grow larger;
invisible hands draw back the curtains,
a pallid finger writes forgotten words on dust
of the piano…”

Yiannis Ritsos

Source: The Fourth Dimension

“All the words are not enough to get anything said.”

Yiannis Ritsos

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