Cesare Pavese - Woman Quotes

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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.

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Woman gives herself as a prize to the weak and as a prop to the strong and no man ever has what he should.

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

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Certainly, to have a woman who waits at home for you, who will sleep with you, gives a warm feeling like having something you must say; it makes you glow, keeps you company, helps you to live.

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When a woman marries she belongs to another man; and when she belongs to another man there is nothing more you can say to her.

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Those philosophers who believe in the absolute logic of truth have never had to discuss it on close terms with a woman.

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How can you have confidence in a woman who will not risk entrusting her whole life to you, day and night?

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What we desire is not to possess a woman, but to be the only one to possess her.

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