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
life time party
The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped.
destiny hard-times captains
I am the captain of my destiny, I do not abandon the ship in hard times, But, I do have sense enough not to go down with the ship.
time men brutal
The slowness of time, for a man who knows nothing will happen, is brutal.
time years long
Idleness makes hours pass slowly and years swiftly. Activity makes the hours short and the years long.
time remember moments
We never remember days, only moments.
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 .