At great periods you have always felt, deep within you, the temptation to commit suicide. You gave yourself to it, breached your own defenses. You were a child. The idea of suicide was a protest against life; by dying, you would escape this longing for death. -Cesare Pavese

 

At great periods you have always felt, deep within you, the temptation to commit suicide. You gave yourself to it, breached your own defenses. You were a child. The idea of suicide was a protest against life; by dying, you would escape this longing for death.


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This quote is just one of 10 total Cesare Pavese quotes in our collection. Cesare Pavese is known for saying 'At great periods you have always felt, deep within you, the temptation to commit suicide. You gave yourself to it, breached your own defenses. You were a child. The idea of suicide was a protest against life; by dying, you would escape this longing for death.' as well as some of the following quotes.

If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears.

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No one ever kills himself for the love of a woman, but because love - any love - reveals us in our nakedness, our misery, our vulnerability, our nothingness.

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The richness of life lies in the memories we have forgotten.

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No woman marries for money; they are all clever enough, before marrying a millionaire, to fall in love with him first.

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Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic.

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