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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?

Cesare Pavese

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
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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Insecurity Man Ready Sacrifice Sick Yourself
It’s pointless to cry. One is born and dies alone.
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Alone Born Cry Death Point
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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Action Disappear Fall Quiet Submission Suicide
Here’s the difficulty about suicide: it is an act of ambition that can be committed only when one has passed beyond ambition.
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Act Ambition Beyond Difficult Pass Suicide
A dream is a creation of the intelligence, the creator being present but not knowing how it will end.
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Creation Dreams End Intelligence Present
The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies.
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Art Believe Live Lying
You cannot insult a man more atrociously than by refusing to believe he is suffering .
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Insult Man Refusal Suffering Yourself
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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Break Communication Life Lonely Problem
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.
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Account Act Private Remark Revenge Yourself
Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic.
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Enjoyment Life Love Pain
But the real, tremendous truth is this: suffering serves no purpose whatever.
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Purpose Reality Service Suffering Truth
What is to come will emerge only after long suffering, long silence.
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Silence Suffering
No one ever lacks a good reason for suicide.
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Goodness Reason Suicide
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
One must look for one thing only, to find many.
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Finding Oneself Search

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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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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