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.
CESARE PAVESEThe face of the night will be an old wound that reopens each evening, impassive and living. The distant silence will ache like a soul, mute, in the dark. We’ll speak to the night as it’s whispering softly.
More Cesare Pavese Quotes
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The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.
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We commit two wrongs when we fail to right a wrong.
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The face of the night will be an old wound that reopens each evening, impassive and living. The distant silence will ache like a soul, mute, in the dark. We’ll speak to the night as it’s whispering softly.
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You’ve got to understand life, understand it when you’re young.
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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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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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From someone who doesn’t want to share your destiny, you should neither accept a cigarette.
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Love is the cheapest of religions.
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Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic.
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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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There is something indecent in words .
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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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A corpse is what’s left after waking too often.
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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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Life is not a search for experience, but for ourselves. Having discovered our own fundamental level we realize that it conforms to our own destiny and we find peace.
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