Anne Zouroudi > Quotes

“All things in life are transient. The trick is, to value what is most important." - The fat man, Hermes Diaktoros, Pg. 266”
― Anne Zouroudi

“Excitement is vastly overrated." - Nikos, Pg. 31”
― Anne Zouroudi, The Messenger of Athens

“Chance, and Fate, are always there, ready to take a hand; and Chance is one thing in life no one can make provision for." - The fat man, Hermes Diaktoros, Pg. 80”
― Anne Zouroudi, The Messenger of Athens

“To know the place of his grave from early childhood has an effect on a man. To place flowers on the ground where he himself will one day lie makes him fatalistic, pessimistic. Ambition and ideas for life atrophy - after all, what is the point? Life’s point, on this island, was always clearly visible, up there on the hillside.”
― Anne Zouroudi, The Messenger of Athens

“We take the road we take. Then we make the best of it. There's no gain in wondering where the path not taken would have led." - Nikos, Pg. 33”
― Anne Zouroudi, The Messenger of Athens