From someone who doesn't want to share your destiny, you should neither accept a cigarette
Cesare PaveseBut here's the worst part: the trick to life lies in hiding from those we hold most dear how much they mean to is; if not, we'd lose them.
Cesare PaveseRemember, writing poetry is like making love: one will never know whether one's own pleasure is shared.
Cesare PaveseTraveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort of home and friends. You are constantly off balance. Nothing is yours except the essential things: air, sleep, dreams, sea, the sky - all things tending towards the eternal or what we imagine of it.
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