I'm not a man to brood upon the world's good works,
for I was born a maid, and a maid's duty is love
 Nikos Kazantzakis, The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel (1938). copy citation

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