When life has succeeded by dint of daily effort in conquering the enemies around it—natural forces, wild beasts, hunger, thirst, sickness—sometimes it is lucky enough to have abundant strength left over.
 Nikos Kazantzakis, Report to Greco (1961). copy citation

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Author Nikos Kazantzakis
Source Report to Greco
Topic strength hunger
Date 1961
Language English
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Note Translated by P. A. Bien
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