“The people of Crete unfortunately make more history than they can consume locally.”
"The Jesting of Arlington Stringham"
The Chronicles of Clovis (1911)
“Crete doesn't need householders, she needs madmen like us. These madmen make Crete immortal.”
Freedom and Death (1956)
Context: We, who are dying, are doing better, than they, who will live. For Crete doesn't need householders, she needs madmen like us. These madmen make Crete immortal.
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