Poetry
The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912), Part XII - The Enfant Terrible of Literature
“Remember, writing poetry is like making love: one will never know whether one's own pleasure is shared.”
This Business of Living (1935-1950)
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Cesare Pavese 137
Italian poet, novelist, literary critic, and translator 1908–1950Related quotes
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Last Notebook (1942) p. 84
First and Last Notebooks (1970)
"Here, There and Everywhere" (1966)
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