"All my life, I struggled to stretch my mind to the breaking point, until it began to creak, in order to create a great thought which might be able to give a new meaning to life, a new meaning to death, and to console mankind."
Nikos Kazantzakis was a Greek novelist, poet, and philosopher, widely known for works such as Zorba the Greek and The Last Temptation of Christ. He is considered one of the major figures of modern Greek literature.