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The cadence of suffering has begun. Every evening at dusk, my heart constricts until night has come.

Cesare Pavese

Why does a man who is truly in love insist that this relationship must continue and be “lifelong”? Because life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic. Who would want to wake up halfway through an operation?
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Love Man Operation Relationship True Wake Up
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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Descend Escape Sound
Perfect behaviour is born of complete indifference.
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Born Complete Difference Perfection
Writing is a fine thing, because it combines the two pleasures of talking to yourself and talking to a crowd.
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Combination Happiness Writing Yourself
What we desire is not to possess a woman, but to be the only one to possess her.
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Access Desire Oneself Possession Woman Worth
Because, to despise money, one must have plenty of it.
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Money Oneself
One does not kill oneself for love of a woman, but because love – any love – reveals us in our nakedness, our misery, our vulnerability, our nothingness.
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Kill Love Naked Nothing Vulnerable Woman
Love is the cheapest of religions.
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Cheap Love One Liner Religion
You’ve got to understand life, understand it when you’re young.
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Life Understand Young Yourself
The cadence of suffering has begun. Every evening at dusk, my heart constricts until night has come.
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Beginning Heart Night Suffering
The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.
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Forget Life Memories Rich
To know the world, one must construct it.
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Construction World
I spent the whole evening sitting before a mirror to keep myself company.
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Company Evening Mirror Myself
All our “most sacred affections ” are merely prosaic habit.
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Affection Habit Scared
If it is true that one gets used to suffering, how is it that as the years go one always suffers more? No, they are not mad, those people who amuse themselves, enjoy life, travel, make love, fight they are not mad. We should like to do the same ourselves.
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Enjoyment Life Mad Ourselves People Suffering True
There is mercy for everyone, except those who are bored with life.
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Bored Exception Life Mercy

The cadence of suffering has begun. Every evening at dusk, my heart constricts until night has come.

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