The courage to stand alone as if others didn't exist and think only of what you're doing. Not to get scared if people ignore you. You have to wait fo… - Cesare Pavese

Suicides are timid murderers. Masochism instead of Sadism.

At a certain point the two cigars fell at our feet in the snow and then we heard them whispering up there and moving about and then came a sigh louder than the others. When we looked up we could see nothing but the withered vine leaves and thousands of stars in the frosty sky. Nuto said "The blackguards" through his clenched teeth.

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?