Cesare Pavese Quotes (38 quotes)
![]() | “You need a village, if only for the pleasure of leaving it. A village means that you are not alone, knowing that in the people, the trees, the earth, there is something that belongs to you, waiting for you when you are not there.” ―Cesare Pavese Source/Notes: The moon and the bonfire (1950), Chapter I, p. 9 |
![]() | “Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world.” ―Cesare Pavese Source/Notes: The Burning Brand: Diaries 1935-1950 (1961 edition), p. 121 |
![]() | “A man is never completely alone in this world. At the worst, he has the company of a boy, a youth, and by and by a grown man - the one he used to be.” ―Cesare Pavese Source/Notes: This Business of Living (2009 edition), p. 202 |
![]() | “We do not remember days, we remember moments. The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.” ―Cesare Pavese Source/Notes: This Business of Living, Transaction Publishers (2009 edition) - ISBN: 9781412839938 |
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Cesare Pavese
Born: September 9, 1908
Died: August 27, 1950 (aged 41)
Nationality: Italian
Occupation: Poet, novelist
Bio: Cesare Pavese was an Italian poet, novelist, literary critic and translator. He is widely considered among the major authors of the 20th century in his home country.
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