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We never remember days, only moments.

Cesare Pavese

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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Hide Life Lose People Trick Worst
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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Memories Remember Reveal Time
Idleness makes hours pass slowly and years swiftly. Activity makes the hours short and the years long.
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Activity Time
You’ve got to understand life, understand it when you’re young.
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Life Understand Young Yourself
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
Hate is always a clash between our spirit and someone else’s body.
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Body Hate Spirit
The only reason why we are always thinking of our own ego is that we have to live with it more continuously than with anyone else’s.
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Continue Ego Live Reason Thinking
No one ever lacks a good reason for suicide.
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Goodness Reason Suicide
Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.
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Hands Mouth Ready Willing
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
The real affliction of old age is remorse.
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Affliction Age Old Reality
Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic.
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Enjoyment Life Love Pain
A man succeeds in completing a work only when his qualities transcend that work.
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Complete Man Success Transcendence Work
You will hear words old and spent and useless like costumes left over from yesterday’s parties.
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Costume Old Party Word Yourself
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
Waiting is still an occupation. It is having nothing to wait for that is terrible.
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Occupation Patient Terrible

We never remember days, only moments.

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