A decision, an action, are infallible omens of what we shall do another time, not for any vague, mystic, astrological reason but because they result from an automatic reaction that will repeat itself.
CESARE PAVESEBut 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.
More Cesare Pavese Quotes
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One must look for one thing only, to find many.
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Things are revealed through the memories we have of them. Remembering a thing means seeing it only then for the first time.
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The world, the future, is now within you as your past, as experience, skill in technique, and the rich, everlasting mystery is found to be childish you that, at the time, you made no effort to possess.
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Many men on the point of an edifying death would be furious if they were suddenly restored to health.
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Will power is only the tensile strength of one’s own disposition. One cannot increase it by a single ounce.
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Love has the faculty of making two lovers seem naked, not in each other’s sight, but in their own.
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You will hear words old and spent and useless like costumes left over from yesterday’s parties.
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Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic.
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One stops being a child when one realizes that telling one’s trouble does not make it any better.
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A man succeeds in completing a work only when his qualities transcend that work.
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In general, the man who is readily disposed to sacrifice himself is one who does not know how else to give meaning to his life. The profession of enthusiasm is the most sickening of all insincerities.
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Perfect behaviour is born of complete indifference.
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We never remember days, only moments.
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Living is like working out a long addition sum, and if you make a mistake in the first two totals you will never find the right answer. It means involving oneself in a complicated chain of circumstances.
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Those philosophers who believe in the absolute logic of truth have never had to discuss it on close terms with a woman.
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