Quotes by : Cesare Pavese

We do not remember days, we remember moments. The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten....

Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world.

A man is never completely alone in this world. At the worst, he has the company of a boy, a youth, and....

If it is true that one gets used to suffering, how is it that as the years go one always suffers more?....

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

The only joy in the world is to begin.

Literature is a defense against the attacks of life. It says to life: "You can't deceive me. I know your....

Whatever people may say the fastidious formal manner of the upper classes is preferable to the slovenly....

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

And then we cowardswho loved the whisperingevening, the houses,the paths by the river,the dirty red lightsof....