“A woman's body is a dark and monstrous mystery;
between her supple thighs a heavy whirlpool swirls,
two rivers crash, and woe to him who slips and falls!”

— Nikos Kazantzakis

Odysseus, Book II, line 1017
The Odyssey : A Modern Sequel (1938)

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Greek writer 1883–1957

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“A woman's body is a dark and monstrous mystery;
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two rivers crash, and woe to him who slips and falls!”