Quotes by Pavese, Cesare

Hate is always a clash between our spirit and someone else's body. >>

We do not remember days, we remember moments. The richness of life lie >>

No one ever lacks a good reason for suicide. >>

Quotations about Suffering

Everything in life that we really accept undergoes a change. So suffer >>

One must really have suffered oneself to help others. >>

I can sympathize with everything, except suffering. >>

Suffering is by no means a privilege, a sign of nobility, a reminder of God. Suffering is a fierce, bestial thing, commonplace, uncalled for, natural as air. It is intangible; no one can grasp it or fight against it; it dwells in time -- is the same thing as time; if it comes in fits and starts, that is only so as to leave the sufferer more defenseless during the moments that follow, those long moments when one relives the last bout of torture and waits for the next.

Pavese, Cesare