I expect nothing. I fear no one. I am free.

Nikos Kazantzakis

Nothing exists! Neither life nor death. I watch mind and matter hunting each other like two nonexistent erotic phantasms — merging, begetting, disappearing — and I say: “This is what I want!”
I know now: I do not hope for anything. I do not fear anything, I have freed myself from both the mind and the heart, I have mounted much higher, I am free. This is what I want. I want nothing more. I have been seeking freedom.

* This passage was used for Kazantzakis’ epitaph: Δεν ελπίζω τίποτε. Δεν φοβούμαι τίποτε. Είμαι λεύτερος
* I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.
* Variant translation: I expect nothing. I fear no one. I am free.

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