Waiting is still an occupation. It is having nothing to wai… - Cesare Pavese

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Waiting is still an occupation. It is having nothing to wait for that is terrible.

Cesare Pavese

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Cesare Pavese (9 September, 1908 – 27 August 1950) was an Italian novelist, poet, short-story writer, literary critic and translator.

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Waiting is still an occupation. It is having nothing to wait for that is terrible. - Cesare Pavese

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