Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.

Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale

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Topic

Inner strength Resilience

Author

Margaret Atwood

Source

The Handmaid's Tale

Medium

Novel

Genre

Dystopian fiction

Language

Greek

Time

1985 1980s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

Canada

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Citation

Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid's Tale. McClelland and Stewart/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1985, ch. 29.

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Remember that as a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.

Fran Lebowitz

Tips for Teens

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Topic
Adolescence Teenagers

Author

Fran Lebowitz
Source
Tips for Teens Social Studies
Medium
Essay
Language
English
Time
1981 1980s 20th century
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Citation

Lebowitz, Fran. "Tips for Teens." Social Studies. Random House, 1981.

Another quote originally in Greek

How simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea... All that is required to feel that here and now is happiness is a simple, frugal heart.

Nikos Kazantzakis

Zorba the Greek

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Topic
The little things Happiness

Author

Nikos Kazantzakis
Source
Zorba the Greek
Medium
Novel
Language
Greek
Time
1946 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Kazantzakis, Nikos. Βίος και Πολιτεία του Αλέξη Ζορμπά [Life and State of Alexis Zorba]. Athens: Dimitrakou, 1946, ch. 7.

Current Citation

Kazantzakis, Nikos. Zorba the Greek, translated by Peter Bien. Simon & Schuster, 2014, ch. 7.