WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Thu, 30 Apr 2026 22:54:25 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg test to failure – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Kazantzakis, Nikos -- Report to Greco, Epigraph (1965) [tr. Bien (1973)] https://wist.info/kazantzakis-nikos/43978/ https://wist.info/kazantzakis-nikos/43978/#respond Mon, 02 Nov 2020 16:02:21 +0000 Dave https://wist.info/?p=43978 Three kinds of souls, three prayers:
1) I am a bow in your hands, Lord. Draw me, lest I rot.
2) Do not overdraw me, Lord. I shall break.
3) Overdraw me, Lord, and who cares if I break.


Nikos Kazantzakis (1883-1957) Greek writer and philosopher
Report to Greco, Epigraph (1965) [tr. Bien (1973)]
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In the Epilogue, this is repeated: "There are three kinds of souls, three kinds of prayers. One: I am a bow in your hands, Lord. Draw me lest I rot. Two: Do not overdraw me, Lord. I shall break. Three: Overdraw me, and who cares if I break!" ]]> https://wist.info/kazantzakis-nikos/43978/feed/ 0 43978