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."

Top Cesare Pavese Quotes

"We do not remember days, we remember moments."

"If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears."

"Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic."

"The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped."

"Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world."

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