At great periods you have always felt, deep within you, the temptation to commit suicide. You gave yourself to it, breached your own defenses. You were a child. The idea of suicide was a protest against life; by dying, you would escape this longing for death.
Cesare PaveseNo woman marries for money; they are all clever enough, before marrying a millionaire, to fall in love with him first.
Cesare Pavese