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We do not free ourselves from something by avoiding it, but only by living though it.

Cesare Pavese

We never remember days, only moments.
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Day Moments Remember
The slowness of time, for a man who knows nothing will happen, is brutal.
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Brutal Man Slow Time Willing
From someone who doesn’t want to share your destiny, you should neither accept a cigarette.
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Acceptance Destiny Share Yourself
When you dream, you are an author, but you do not know how it will end.
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Author Dreams End Yourself
Artists are the monks of the bourgeois state.
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Artist Monk State
Lessons are not given, they are taken.
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Knowledge Lesson Wisdom
Death is repose, but the thought of death disturbs all repose.
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Death Disturb Repose
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
When writing poetry, it is not that produces a bright idea, but the bright idea that kindles the fire of.
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Bright Fire Ideas Poetry Production Writing
There is something indecent in words .
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Decent Word
Woman gives herself as a prize to the weak and as a prop to the strong and no man ever has what he should.
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Himself Strong Weakness Woman
We care so little of other people than even Christianity urges us to do good for the love of God.
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Care God Love People Religion
Perfect behaviour is born of complete indifference.
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Born Complete Difference Perfection
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears.
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Fear Jealous Light Selfish Travel Yourself
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
It had to happen to you, to concentrate your whole life on one point, and then discover that you can do anything except live at that point.
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Exception Life Live Point Yourself

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