Zorba the Greek - Reassurance Amidst Uncertainty
Basil:
Don't be sad. He's coming back.
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Zorba the Greek - Reflections on Health and Aging During Holidays
Basil:
Aren't you feeling well?
Hortense:
In my age, monsieur, one is never well... especially on the holidays.
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Zorba the Greek - The Complexity of National Identity and Morality
Basil:
I don't believe you give a damn about your country.
Zorba: [pulls open his shirt, exposing his scars; [wikt:food for worms|food for worms; laughs]
Don't you talk to me like that! Look here, here and here! Nothing on the back! I have done things for my country that would make your hair stand. I have killed. Destroyed villages. Raped women. And why? Because they were Turks! or Bulgarians! That's the rotten damned fool I was. Now I look at a man – any man – and I say, he is good, he is bad. What do I care if he's Greek or Turk? As I get older, I swear by the bread I eat, I even stop asking that. Good or bad? What is the difference? They all end up the same way... ]!
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Zorba the Greek - The Search for Meaning in Mortality
Zorba:
Why do the young die? Why does anybody die?
Basil:
I don't know.
Zorba:
What's the use of all your damn books if they can't answer that?
Basil:
They tell me about the agony of men who can't answer questions like yours.
Zorba:
I spit on this agony!
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Zorba the Greek - The Importance of Madness in Life
Zorba:
Damn it boss, I like you too much not to say it: you've got everything except one thing—madness. A man needs a little madness, or else...
Basil:
Or else?
Zorba:
...he never dares cut the rope and be free.
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Zorba the Greek - Embracing Life's Challenges and Troubles
Basil:
I don't want any trouble.
Zorba:
Boss, life is trouble. Only death is not. To be alive is to undo your belt and look for trouble.
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