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You wait for nothing if not for the word that will burst from the deep like a fruit among branches.

Cesare Pavese

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Cesare Pavese
Age: 41 †
Born: 1908
Born: September 9
Died: 1950
Died: August 27
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Literary Critic
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Like
Branches
Fruit
Wait
Among
Deep
Waiting
Word
Nothing
Burst

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I was happy enough I knew that during the night the whole city might go up in flames and all its people be killed, but the ravines, houses, and footpaths would wake in the morning calm and unchanged.
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Perfect behaviour is born of complete indifference.
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Remember, writing poetry is like making love: one will never know whether one's own pleasure is shared.
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Nowadays, suicide is just a way of disappearing. It is carried out timidly, quietly, and falls flat. It is no longer an action, only a submission.
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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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We care so little of other people than even Christianity urges us to do good for the love of God.
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