Quote by: Cesare Pavese

If it is true that one gets used to suffering, how is it that as the years go one always suffers more? No, they are not mad, those people who amuse themselves, enjoy life, travel, make love, fight—they are not mad. We should like to do the same ourselves.


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Author Bio


  • NameCesare Pavese
  • DescriptionItalian poet, novelist, literary critic, and translator
  • BornSeptember 9, 1908
  • DiedAugust 27, 1950
  • CountryItaly
  • ProfessionLinguist; Poet; Writer; Translator; Novelist; Literary Editor
  • AwardsStrega Prize