"At great periods you have always felt, deep……" — Cesare Pavese
"At great periods you have always felt, deep within you, the temptation to commit suicide. You gave yourself to it, breached your own defenses. You were a child. The idea of suicide was a protest against life; by dying, you would escape this longing for death."
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Cesare Pavese
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66 Quotes by Cesare Pavese
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Literature is a defense against the attacks of life. It says to life: You can't deceive me. I know your…
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To choose a hardship for ourselves is our only defense against that hardship. This is what is meant by accepting…
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Suffering is by no means a privilege, a sign of nobility, a reminder of God. Suffering is a fierce, bestial…
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We never remember days, only moments.
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Woman gives herself as a prize to the weak and as a prop to the strong and no man ever…
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Reality is a prison, where one vegetates and always will. All the rest - thought, action - is just a…
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The only joy in the world is to begin. It is good to be alive because living is beginning, always,…
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You need a village, if only for the pleasure of leaving it. A village means that you are not alone,…
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The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies.
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There is mercy for everyone, except those who are bored with life.
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But here's the worst part: the trick to life lies in hiding from those we hold most dear how much…
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Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort of…
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