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Cesare Pavese Quotes

Don’t you know that what happens to you once always happens again? You always react in the same way to the same thing. It’s no accident when you make a mess. Then you do it again. It’s called destiny Picture Quote #1

The whole problem of life, then, is this: how to break out of one’s own loneliness, how to communicate with others Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

It is not the actual enjoyment of pleasure that we desire. What we want is to test the futility of that pleasure, so as to be no longer obsessed by it Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Are you or aren’t you convinced that weakness is a man’s condition? How can you raise yourself if you haven’t fallen first? Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

What we desire is not to possess a woman, but to be the only one to possess her Picture Quote #1

You wait for nothing if not for the word that will burst from the deep like a fruit among branches Picture Quote #1

You will hear words old and spent and useless like costumes left over from yesterday’s parties Picture Quote #1

In the mental disturbance and effort of writing, what sustains you is the certainty that on every page there is something left unsaid Picture Quote #1

Things are revealed through the memories we have of them. Remembering a thing means seeing it only then for the first time Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

Love has the faculty of making two lovers seem naked, not in each other’s sight, but in their own Picture Quote #1

When you dream, you are an author, but you do not know how it will end Picture Quote #1

Narrating incredible things as though they were real old system; narrating realities as though they were incredible the new Picture Quote #1

To avenge a wrong done to you, is to rob yourself of the comfort of crying out against the injustice of it Picture Quote #1

We must never say, even in fun, that we are disheartened, because someone might take us at our word Picture Quote #1

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Maybe it’s better like this, better that everything should go up in a blaze of dry grass and that people should begin again Picture Quote #1

When a woman marries she belongs to another man; and when she belongs to another man there is nothing more you can say to her Picture Quote #1

There is nothing fine about being a child: it is fine, when we are old, too look back to when we were children Picture Quote #1

We do not free ourselves from something by avoiding it, but only by living though it Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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A consoling thought: what matters is not what we do, but the spirit in which we do it. Others suffer too; so much so that there is nothing in the world but suffering; the problem is simply to keep a clear conscience Picture Quote #1

Why so much innuendo, draped like ivy to hide a cesspool, when everyone knew the cesspool was there? Picture Quote #1

People who don’t know any better will always be in the dark because the power lies in the hands of men who take good care that ordinary folk don’t understand, in the hands, that is, of the government, of the clerical party, of the capitalists Picture Quote #1

A love thought: I love you so much that I could wish I had been born your brother, or had brought you into the world myself Picture Quote #1

It is stupid to grieve for the loss of a girl friend: you might never have met her, so you can do without her Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Don’t you know that what happens to you once always happens again? You always react in the same way to the same thing. It’s no accident when you make a mess. Then you do it again. It’s called destiny (Cesare Pavese Quotes) The whole problem of life, then, is this: how to break out of one’s own loneliness, how to communicate with others (Cesare Pavese Quotes) 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 (Cesare Pavese Quotes) It is not the actual enjoyment of pleasure that we desire. What we want is to test the futility of that pleasure, so as to be no longer obsessed by it (Cesare Pavese Quotes) 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 (Cesare Pavese Quotes) Are you or aren’t you convinced that weakness is a man’s condition? How can you raise yourself if you haven’t fallen first? (Cesare Pavese Quotes) Those philosophers who believe in the absolute logic of truth have never had to discuss it on close terms with a woman (Cesare Pavese Quotes) What we desire is not to possess a woman, but to be the only one to possess her (Cesare Pavese Quotes) You wait for nothing if not for the word that will burst from the deep like a fruit among branches (Cesare Pavese Quotes) You will hear words old and spent and useless like costumes left over from yesterday’s parties (Cesare Pavese Quotes) In the mental disturbance and effort of writing, what sustains you is the certainty that on every page there is something left unsaid (Cesare Pavese Quotes) Things are revealed through the memories we have of them. Remembering a thing means seeing it only then for the first time (Cesare Pavese Quotes) 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 (Cesare Pavese Quotes) Love has the faculty of making two lovers seem naked, not in each other’s sight, but in their own (Cesare Pavese Quotes) When you dream, you are an author, but you do not know how it will end (Cesare Pavese Quotes) Narrating incredible things as though they were real old system; narrating realities as though they were incredible the new (Cesare Pavese Quotes) To avenge a wrong done to you, is to rob yourself of the comfort of crying out against the injustice of it (Cesare Pavese Quotes) We must never say, even in fun, that we are disheartened, because someone might take us at our word (Cesare Pavese Quotes) Maybe it’s better like this, better that everything should go up in a blaze of dry grass and that people should begin again (Cesare Pavese Quotes) When a woman marries she belongs to another man; and when she belongs to another man there is nothing more you can say to her (Cesare Pavese Quotes) There is nothing fine about being a child: it is fine, when we are old, too look back to when we were children (Cesare Pavese Quotes) We do not free ourselves from something by avoiding it, but only by living though it (Cesare Pavese Quotes) 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 (Cesare Pavese Quotes) 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 (Cesare Pavese Quotes) A consoling thought: what matters is not what we do, but the spirit in which we do it. Others suffer too; so much so that there is nothing in the world but suffering; the problem is simply to keep a clear conscience (Cesare Pavese Quotes) Why so much innuendo, draped like ivy to hide a cesspool, when everyone knew the cesspool was there? (Cesare Pavese Quotes) People who don’t know any better will always be in the dark because the power lies in the hands of men who take good care that ordinary folk don’t understand, in the hands, that is, of the government, of the clerical party, of the capitalists (Cesare Pavese Quotes) A love thought: I love you so much that I could wish I had been born your brother, or had brought you into the world myself (Cesare Pavese Quotes) It is stupid to grieve for the loss of a girl friend: you might never have met her, so you can do without her (Cesare Pavese Quotes) 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 (Cesare Pavese Quotes)

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