“Here's the difficulty about suicide: it is an act of ambition that can be committed only when one has passed beyond ambition.”

—  Cesare Pavese

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)

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La difficoltà di commettere suicidio sta in questo: è un atto di ambizione che si può commettere solo quando si sia superata ogni ambizione.

16 gennaio 1938
This Business of Living (1935-1950)

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