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It had to happen to you, to concentrate your whole life on one point, and then discover that you can do anything except live at that point.

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Cesare Pavese
Age: 41 †
Born: 1908
Born: September 9
Died: 1950
Died: August 27
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Journalist
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Literary Critic
Literary Editor
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Screenwriter
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Anything
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Whole
Concentrate
Life
Discover
Except
Happen
Point
Happens

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