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One does not kill oneself for love of a woman, but because love - any love - reveals us in our nakedness, our misery, our vulnerability, our nothingness.

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Cesare Pavese
Age: 41 †
Born: 1908
Born: September 9
Died: 1950
Died: August 27
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Journalist
Linguist
Literary Critic
Literary Editor
Poet
Screenwriter
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Doe
Infatuation
Love
Reveals
Nothingness
Vulnerability
Misery
Oneself
Kill
Woman
Nakedness

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