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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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Deep
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Nothing
Branches
Like
Fruit
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A love thought: I love you so much that I could wish I had been born your brother, or had brought you into the world myself.
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