Cesare Pavese
Cesare Pavese
Cesare Pavesewas an Italian poet, novelist, literary critic and translator. He is widely considered among the major authors of the 20th century in his home country...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth9 September 1908
CountryItaly
mean home knowing
You need a village, if only for the pleasure of leaving it. A village means that you are not alone, knowing that in the people, the trees, the earth, there is something that belongs to you, waiting for you when you are not there.
lying mean hiding
But here's the worst part: the trick to life lies in hiding from those we hold most dear how much they mean to is; if not, we'd lose them.
mean fighting air
Suffering is by no means a privilege, a sign of nobility, a reminder of God. Suffering is a fierce, bestial thing, commonplace, uncalled for, natural as air. It is intangible; no one can grasp it or fight against it; it dwells in time - is the same thing as time; if it comes in fits and starts, that is only so as to leave the sufferer more defenseless during the moments that follow, those long moments when one relives the last bout of torture and waits for the next.
memories mean firsts
Things are revealed through the memories we have of them. Remembering a thing means seeing it only then for the first time.
lies life memories richness
The richness of life lies in the memories we have forgotten.
lies lies-and-lying life memories remember richness
We do not remember days, we remember moments. The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.
against attacks cunning deceive defense enjoy foresee halt involving literature normal says secret steal watching
Literature is a defense against the attacks of life. It says to life: ''You can't deceive me. I know your habits, foresee and enjoy watching all your reactions, and steal your secret by involving you in cunning obstructions that halt your normal flow.''
men humiliation mourn
When a man mourns for someone who has played him false, it is not for love of her, but for his own humiliation at not having deserved her trust.
people dry should
Maybe it's better like this, better that everything should go up in a blaze of dry grass and that people should begin again.
believe men suffering
You cannot insult a man more atrociously than by refusing to believe he is suffering .
people heaven way
Anchorites used to ill-treat themselves in the way they did, so that the common people would not begrudge them the beatitude they would enjoy in heaven.
men another-man
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.
children looks fine
There is nothing fine about being a child: it is fine, when we are old, too look back to when we were children .
past skills effort
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.