Collected Meditations
Showing 24 quotesIf it were possible to have a life absolutely free from every feeling of sin, what a terrifying vacuum it would be.— Cesare Pavese
Living is like working out a long addition sum, and if you make a mistake in the first two totals you will never find the right answer. It means involving oneself in a complicated chain of circumstances.— Cesare Pavese
No woman marries for money; they are all clever enough, before marrying a millionaire, to fall in love with him first.— 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
One stops being a child when one realizes that telling one's trouble does not make it any better.— Cesare Pavese
Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world.— Cesare Pavese