On the Aegean Sea, in Ch. 2
Zorba the Greek (1946)
Quotes from book
Zorba the Greek
Nikos Kazantzakis
Original title
Βίος και Πολιτεία του Αλέξη Ζορμπά
(Greek, 1946)
Zorba the Greek is a novel written by the Cretan author Nikos Kazantzakis, first published in 1946. It is the tale of a young Greek intellectual who ventures to escape his bookish life with the aid of the boisterous and mysterious Alexis Zorba. The novel was adapted into a successful 1964 film of the same name by Michael Cacoyannis as well as a 1968 musical, Zorba and a two-part BBC Classic Serial in 1993 starring Robert Stephens as Zorba and Michael Maloney.
“Every village has its simpleton, and if one does not exist they invent one to pass the time.”
Source: Zorba the Greek (1946), Ch. 8
Source: Zorba the Greek (1946), Ch. 21
“Two equally steep and bold paths may lead to the same peak.”
Source: Zorba the Greek (1946), Ch. 3
Context: Two equally steep and bold paths may lead to the same peak. To act as if death did not exist, or to act thinking every minute of death, is perhaps the same thing.
