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A review by mtomchek
Good Will Come from the Sea by Christos Ikonomou
4.0
"People invented fairytales and filled them with monsters so they wouldn't become monsters themselves. Because the truth can turn you into a monster. You have to become a monster if you want to withstand the truth."
"...a real man, a hero, isn't the guy who fights evil, but the guy who learns to live with it."
"You stare at the blue of the sky and feel like crying because you were born with arms instead of wings."
"...the greatest of all fears, which isn't the fear of death but the fear of life, the fear of living, the fear of living life in fear, the fear of life that makes us die a little bit every day."
"That's why we talk to ourselves. Because silence breeds monsters. Silence makes fear grow."
"To know that something doesn't exist and to believe in it anyhow - that, I think, is the only salvation left to us. Because if you believe in something that doesn't exist, maybe - who knows, maybe - one day the thing you believe in will appear."
"Evil triumphs when we all try to make something of ourselves, rather than do something important beyond ourselves."
"Every so often we have to lose our minds in order to come to our senses. So I wonder if maybe we first have to stop being what we are so that later we can become what we want to be."
"...life only starts to mean something once you understand that life has no meaning..."
"...we should believe in the sun not only because we see it, but because it's what lets us see everything else."
Ah...absolutely stunning. Christos Ikonomou presents us with four touching and beautiful short stories about Greeks who travel to an Aegean island to attempt a restart during the economic crisis occurring in Greece in 2007. This is a piece of history I did not know much about, so it was shocking to learn about all that was going on with the Greeks during this troubling era. I was touched and my heart ached for these people. So much beauty, and plenty of symbolism I was unable to pick up on. Strong and resilient people, indeed. The sea has so much power.
"...a real man, a hero, isn't the guy who fights evil, but the guy who learns to live with it."
"You stare at the blue of the sky and feel like crying because you were born with arms instead of wings."
"...the greatest of all fears, which isn't the fear of death but the fear of life, the fear of living, the fear of living life in fear, the fear of life that makes us die a little bit every day."
"That's why we talk to ourselves. Because silence breeds monsters. Silence makes fear grow."
"To know that something doesn't exist and to believe in it anyhow - that, I think, is the only salvation left to us. Because if you believe in something that doesn't exist, maybe - who knows, maybe - one day the thing you believe in will appear."
"Evil triumphs when we all try to make something of ourselves, rather than do something important beyond ourselves."
"Every so often we have to lose our minds in order to come to our senses. So I wonder if maybe we first have to stop being what we are so that later we can become what we want to be."
"...life only starts to mean something once you understand that life has no meaning..."
"...we should believe in the sun not only because we see it, but because it's what lets us see everything else."
Ah...absolutely stunning. Christos Ikonomou presents us with four touching and beautiful short stories about Greeks who travel to an Aegean island to attempt a restart during the economic crisis occurring in Greece in 2007. This is a piece of history I did not know much about, so it was shocking to learn about all that was going on with the Greeks during this troubling era. I was touched and my heart ached for these people. So much beauty, and plenty of symbolism I was unable to pick up on. Strong and resilient people, indeed. The sea has so much power.