he leaves with the incurable sorrow a man always feels when he sees a beautiful woman in the arms of another, even though he never desired to possess her.
 Nikos Kazantzakis, The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel (1938). copy citation

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Author Nikos Kazantzakis
Source The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel
Topic sorrow desire
Date 1938
Language English
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Note Translated by Kimon Friar
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