Cesare Pavese Quotes:
Ocupation: Poet
Life: September 9, 1908 - August 27, 1950
Birthday: September 9
Death: August 27
Why does a man who is truly in love insist that this relationship must continue and be "lifelong"? Because life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic. Who would want to wake up halfway through an operation?
source: Cesare Pavese, Alma Elizabeth Murch (1961). “This Business of Living”, p.74, Transaction Publishers
topic: Love, Pain, Men, Life Is Pain, Anesthetics
