Donโt mourn your luck thatโs failing now, work gone wrong, your plans all proving deceptive โ donโt mourn them uselessly. As one long prepared, and graced with courage, say goodbye to her, the Alexandria that is leaving. Above all, donโt fool yourself, donโt say it was a dream, your ears deceived you: donโt degrade yourself with empty hopes like these.
C.P. CavafyI'm practically broke and homeless. This fatal city, Antioch, has devoured all my money: this fatal city with its extravagant life.
C.P. CavafyThe days of the future stand in front of us Like a line of candles all alight Golden and warm and lively little candles.
C.P. CavafyThe holy Cross goes forward; it brings joy and consolation to every quarter where Christians live; and these God-fearing people, elated, stand in their doorways and greet it reverently, the strength, the salvation of the universe, the Cross.
C.P. Cavafy