But she didn't laugh. "When you have children," she said, s… - Cesare Pavese

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But she didn't laugh. "When you have children," she said, staring at her glass, "you accept life. Do you accept life?"

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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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