Cesare Pavese citations célèbres
Variante: Tu seras aimé le jour où tu pourras montrer tes faiblesses sans que l'autre s'en serve pour augmenter sa force.
Cesare Pavese: Citations en anglais
“We do not remember days, we remember moments.”
This Business of Living (1935-1950)
This Business of Living (1935-1950)
Variante: The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.
Source: The Burning Brand: Diaries, 1935-1950
“From someone who doesn't want to share your destiny, you should neither accept a cigarette”
Source: The Burning Brand: Diaries, 1935-1950
La difficoltà di commettere suicidio sta in questo: è un atto di ambizione che si può commettere solo quando si sia superata ogni ambizione.
This Business of Living (1935-1950)
“No one ever lacks a good reason for suicide.”
This Business of Living (1935-1950)
“Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world.”
Source: Il mestiere di vivere: Diario 1935-1950
This Business of Living (1935-1950)
Source: Il mestiere di vivere: Diario 1935-1950
This Business of Living (1935-1950)
Source: Il mestiere di vivere: Diario 1935-1950
Contexte: When we read, we are not looking for new ideas, but to see our own thoughts given the seal of confirmation on the printed page. The words that strike us are those that awake an echo in a zone we have already made our own—the place where we live—and the vibration enables us to find fresh starting points within ourselves.
Source: The moon and the bonfire (1950), Chapter XXVI, p. 148
“We like to have work to do, so as to have the right to rest.”
This Business of Living (1935-1950)
“I spent the whole evening sitting before a mirror to keep myself company.”
This Business of Living (1935-1950)
Source: The house on the hill (1949), Chapter 8, p. 105
“If all this were true, how easy it would be to understand people.”
Source: The Beach (1941), Chapter 4, p. 24
Source: The house on the hill (1949), Chapter 16, p. 144
Source: The house on the hill (1949), Chapter 23, p. 176
“Human imagination is immensely poorer than reality.”
This Business of Living (1935-1950)
“But the real, tremendous truth is this: suffering serves no purpose whatever.”
This Business of Living (1935-1950)
