"The Dreamers"
Seven Gothic Tales (1934)
“What a strange machine man is! You fill him with bread, wine, fish, and radishes, and out comes sighs, laughter, and dreams.”
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Nikos Kazantzakis
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Zorba the Greek
Source: Zorba the Greek (1946), Ch. 23
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