The act the act must not be a revenge. It must be a calm, weary renunciation, a closing of accounts, a private, rhythmic deed. The last remark.
CESARE PAVESEBut the real, tremendous truth is this: suffering serves no purpose whatever.
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Perfect behaviour is born of complete indifference.
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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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From someone who doesn’t want to share your destiny, you should neither accept a cigarette.
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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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Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic.
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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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Lessons are not given, they are taken.
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There is mercy for everyone, except those who are bored with life.
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The whole problem of life, then, is this: how to break out of one’s own loneliness, how to communicate with others.
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The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.
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What we desire is not to possess a woman, but to be the only one to possess her.
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Nowadays, suicide is just a way of disappearing. It is carried out timidly, quietly, and falls flat. It is no longer an action, only a submission.
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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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No one ever lacks a good reason for suicide.
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A dream is a creation of the intelligence, the creator being present but not knowing how it will end.
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