“Don't ask me who's influenced me. A lion is made up of all the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading all my life.”

—  Giorgos Seferis

Source: "Greek poet's odyssey", 17 Jan 1964, LIFE Magazine, ‎Vol. 56, No. 3, Page 75.

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