One stops being a child when one realizes that telling one’s trouble does not make it any better.
CESARE PAVESEBut 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.
More Cesare Pavese Quotes
-
-
It’s pointless to cry. One is born and dies alone.
CESARE PAVESE -
A dream is a creation of the intelligence, the creator being present but not knowing how it will end.
CESARE PAVESE -
Death is repose, but the thought of death disturbs all repose.
CESARE PAVESE -
One must look for one thing only, to find many.
CESARE PAVESE -
Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic.
CESARE PAVESE -
The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies.
CESARE PAVESE -
The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies. The fearful thing about it is that, not knowing what truth may be, we can still recognize lies.
CESARE PAVESE -
One does not kill oneself for love of a woman, but because love – any love – reveals us in our nakedness, our misery, our vulnerability, our nothingness.
CESARE PAVESE -
You cannot insult a man more atrociously than by refusing to believe he is suffering .
CESARE PAVESE -
A corpse is what’s left after waking too often.
CESARE PAVESE -
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 -
There is mercy for everyone, except those who are bored with life.
CESARE PAVESE -
We care so little of other people than even Christianity urges us to do good for the love of God.
CESARE PAVESE -
Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world.
CESARE PAVESE -
The whole problem of life, then, is this: how to break out of one’s own loneliness, how to communicate with others.
CESARE PAVESE






