Behind Quote by Nikos Kazantzakis Download Open image “Behind each woman rises the austere, sacred and mysterious face of Aphrodite.” — Nikos Kazantzakis ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Behind Face Mysterious Sacred Woman
It was certainly not this mummified and outrageously painted old woman he was seeing before him, but the entire "female species," as it was… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
“I loved Aphrodite from the first and steeped myself in her legends. My mother told me that in ancient times her rituals were bloody… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
“Aphrodite put off her famous belt, in which all the charms of love are woven, potency, desire, lovely whispers, and the force of seduction,… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
Some women's faces are, in their brightness, a prophecy; and some, in their sadness, a history. — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“Her eyes, full of ancient, sacred wisdom. Her bones, deposits of inherited bravery. She is a proud descendant of strong, courageous women who went… — Melody Lee Copy Share Image
“Venus of Willendorf carries her cave with her. She is blind, masked. Her ropes of corn-row hair look forward to the invention agriculture. She… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
Eternity doth wear upon her face the veil of time. They only see the veil, and thus they know not what they stand so… — Alexander Smith Copy Share Image
“As for us, we who do not believe what these women believe, but live like them by faith, never could look without a sort… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Hesiod’s comments, though certainly a product of a mindset that stretches back millennia, are undoubtedly misogynistic since he says that Philotes and Apate belong… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
“We gaze with perplexity at the highest part of the spiral of force that governs the Universe. And we call it God. We could… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
I collect my tools: sight, smell, touch, taste, hearing, intellect. Night has fallen... — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
Everything in this world has a hidden meaning, I thought. Men, animals, trees, stars, they are all hieroglyphics; woe to anyone who begins to… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
I possess no weapon but love. With that I have come to do battle. Help me! — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
Today, any action anywhere on earth has an immediate repercussion on all five continents. News of a victory of the Eastern armies in Morocco… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
“You have everything but one thing: madness. A man needs a little madness or else - he never dares cut the rope and be… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
“A man needs a little madness, or else... he never dares cut the rope and be free.” — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
There's a devil inside me which cries, "You're not the son of the Carpenter, you're the son of King David! You are not a… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
Lions and Lambs, love and force, light and fire, good and evil: all things climb the same mountain, the mountain of God. — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
With 'Pretty Girls,' I saw the opportunity to talk not just about crime but what crime leaves behind. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I wonder: when a Jehovah's Witness dies and goes to Heaven, does God hide behind the door and pretend He's not home? — Brian Celio Copy Share Image
I'm not the type of player that's going to run in behind or go past three and score. — Peter Crouch Copy Share Image
I hadn't been to drama school. I hadn't been to university and acted there. I had no qualifications behind me. — David Jason Copy Share Image
For girls who want to get their waistline down a little bit and don't have any weights in the house, they can actually use… — Pepa Copy Share Image
My sister-in-law works for a group that supports orphanages in Cairo. She and her colleagues take care of children left behind by circumstances beyond… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
I'm not on any social media; I don't even know what things are. I'm so behind the times. — Rosemarie DeWitt Copy Share Image
I think we were raised in a nice Texas Jewish family where education was the most important thing, and close behind that was the… — Lisa Loeb Copy Share Image
I am hands-on in any project that I am associated with. I just don't want to put my face or name and lend it… — Kim Kardashian Copy Share Image
I don't really have loads of friends - three or four who are close. The thing that I love the most is playing with… — Tom Odell Copy Share Image
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