Many men on the point of an edifying death would be furious if they were suddenly restored to health.
CESARE PAVESEWhen writing poetry, it is not that produces a bright idea, but the bright idea that kindles the fire of.
More Cesare Pavese Quotes
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We can all do good deeds, but very few of us can think good thoughts.
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Lessons are not given, they are taken.
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A love thought: I love you so much that I could wish I had been born your brother, or had brought you into the world myself.
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It is stupid to grieve for the loss of a girl friend: you might never have met her, so you can do without her.
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A consoling thought: what matters is not what we do, but the spirit in which we do it. Others suffer too; so much so that there is nothing in the world but suffering; the problem is simply to keep a clear conscience.
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The cadence of suffering has begun. Every evening at dusk, my heart constricts until night has come.
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To avenge a wrong done to you, is to rob yourself of the comfort of crying out against the injustice of it.
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We must never say, even in fun, that we are disheartened, because someone might take us at our word.
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Great lovers will always be unhappy, because, for them, love is of supreme importance. Consequently they demand of their beloved the same intensity of thought as they have for her, otherwise they feel betrayed.
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When you dream, you are an author, but you do not know how it will end.
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You don’t remember days, you remember moments.
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But here’s the worst part: the trick to life lies in hiding from those we hold most dear how much they mean to is; if not, we’d lose them.
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The only joy in the world is to begin.
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There is mercy for everyone, except those who are bored with life.
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The only way to escape the abyss is to look at it, gauge it, sound it out and descend into it.
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