All our "most sacred affections " are merely prosaic habit. by Cesare Pavese

All our "most sacred affections " are merely prosaic habit.

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The only joy in the world is to begin. by Cesare Pavese

The only joy in the world is to begin.

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Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort of home and friends. You are constantly off balance. Nothing is yours except the essential things: air, sleep, dreams, sea, the sky - all things tending towards the eternal or what we imagine of it.

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We do not free ourselves from something by avoiding it, but only... by Cesare Pavese

We do not free ourselves from something by avoiding it, but only by living though it.

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Lessons are not given, they are taken. by Cesare Pavese

Lessons are not given, they are taken.

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The only joy in the world is to begin. It is good to be alive because living is beginning, always, every moment.

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The only way to escape the abyss is to look at it, gauge it, soun... by Cesare Pavese

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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We never remember days, only moments. by Cesare Pavese

We never remember days, only moments.

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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.

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Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic. by Cesare Pavese

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

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Great lovers will always be unhappy, because, for them, love is of supreme importance. Consequently they demand of their beloved the same intensity of thought as they have for her, otherwise they feel betrayed.

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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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The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten. by Cesare Pavese

The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.

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We must never say, even in fun, that we are disheartened, because... by Cesare Pavese

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

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It's pointless to cry. One is born and dies alone. by Cesare Pavese

It's pointless to cry. One is born and dies alone.

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Life without smoking is like the smoke without the roast. by Cesare Pavese

Life without smoking is like the smoke without the roast.

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Waiting is still an occupation. It is having nothing to wait for... by Cesare Pavese

Waiting is still an occupation. It is having nothing to wait for that is terrible.

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Human imagination is immensely poorer than reality. by Cesare Pavese

Human imagination is immensely poorer than reality.

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Verrà la morte e avrà i tuoi occhi. (Death will come and it will... by Cesare Pavese

Verrà la morte e avrà i tuoi occhi. (Death will come and it will have your eyes.)

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Love is the cheapest of religions. by Cesare Pavese

Love is the cheapest of religions.

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If it is true that one gets used to suffering, how is it that as the years go one always suffers more? No, they are not mad, those people who amuse themselves, enjoy life, travel, make love, fight they are not mad. We should like to do the same ourselves.

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