School Ties (1992)

"As a child, then, I had almost fallen into the well. When grown up, I nearly fell into the word 'eternity,' and into quite a number of other words too--'love,' 'hope,' 'country,' 'God.' As each word was conquered and left behind I had the feeling that I had escaped a danger and made some progress. But no, I was only changing words and calling it deliverance. And there I had been, for the last two years, hanging over the edge of the word 'Buddha.' 

... Buddha will be the last well of all, the last word precipice, and then I shall be delivered forever. Forever? That is what we say each time."

Zorba the Greek, Nikos Kazantsakis