One does not kill oneself for love of a woman, but because love - any love - reveals us in our nakedness, our misery, our vulnerability, our nothingness.

Quote by Cesare Pavese

Topics: Women Quotes

The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies.

The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies.

If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies,...

If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies,...

No one ever lacks a good reason for suicide.

No one ever lacks a good reason for suicide.

Will power is only the tensile strength of one's own disposition. One cannot increase it...

Will power is only the tensile strength of one's own disposition. One cannot increase it...

One stops being a child when one realizes that telling one's trouble does not make...

One stops being a child when one realizes that telling one's trouble does not make...

At great periods you have always felt, deep within you, the temptation to commit suicide....

At great periods you have always felt, deep within you, the temptation to commit suicide....

Childhood is not only the childhood we really had but also the impressions we formed...

Childhood is not only the childhood we really had but also the impressions we formed...

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

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

He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.

He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.

We do not remember days, we remember moments.

We do not remember days, we remember moments.

The only joy in the world is to begin.

The only joy in the world is to begin.

No one ever lacks a good reason for suicide.

No one ever lacks a good reason for suicide.

We do not remember days; we remember moments.

We do not remember days; we remember moments.

The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the...

The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the...

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

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

A man is never completely alone in this world. At the worst, he has the...

A man is never completely alone in this world. At the worst, he has the...

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

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

Your memory is a monster; you forget - it doesn't. It simply files things away....

Your memory is a monster; you forget - it doesn't. It simply files things away....

I find myself having these conversations where I go...You know, the guy, in that place....

I find myself having these conversations where I go...You know, the guy, in that place....

You're an old-timer if you can remember when setting the world on fire was a...

You're an old-timer if you can remember when setting the world on fire was a...