Zitate von Cesare Pavese

„Die einzige Freude auf der Welt ist das Anfangen. Es ist schön zu leben, weil leben anfangen ist, immer, in jedem Augenblick.“

—  Cesare Pavese

Das Handwerk des Lebens. Zitiert nach Heinrich Heine (Aachen, Verlag Dr. Rudolf Georgi, 1968, = Text + Kritik Nr. 18/19, Hg. Heinz Ludwig Arnold) S. 12 books.google https://books.google.de/books?id=GRPtAAAAMAAJ&q=anfangen
("L'unica gioia al mondo è cominciare. È bello vivere perché vivere è cominciare, sempre, ad ogni istante." - Il mestiere di vivere. Diario 1935-1950. p.58 books.google https://books.google.de/books?id=MqEqAQAAMAAJ&q=cominciare, 23 novembre [1937]
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„Warten ist noch eine Beschäftigung. Auf nichts warten - das ist schrecklich.“

—  Cesare Pavese

Das Handwerk des Lebens
"Aspettare è ancora un'occupazione. È non aspettar niente che è terribile." - Il mestiere di vivere. 15 settembre 1946
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„Der Reichtum des Lebens besteht aus vergessenen, aber gemeinsamen Erinnerungen.“

—  Cesare Pavese

Das Handwerk des Lebens. Meist falsch zitiert als: Der Reichtum des Lebens besteht aus vergessenen, aber gemeinsamen Erinnerungen. "La ricchezza della vita è fatta di ricordi, dimenticati." - Il mestiere di vivere. 13 febbraio 1944. books.google https://books.google.de/books?id=MqEqAQAAMAAJ&q=dimenticati

„Nicht wer gibt, sondern wer fordert, wird geliebt.“

—  Cesare Pavese

Das Handwerk des Lebens

„Der schicksalsgebundene Mensch ist nicht frei“

—  Cesare Pavese

„Sie sollten nicht einmal eine Zigarette von jemandem annehmen, der Ihr Schicksal nicht mit Ihnen teilen möchte.“

—  Cesare Pavese

„Man entdeckt die Dinge durch die Erinnerung, die man daran hat. Sich an etwas zu erinnern bedeutet, es -jetzt erst- zum erstenmal zu sehen.“

—  Cesare Pavese

Das Handwerk des Lebens. 28. Januar 1942
"Le cose si scoprono attraverso i ricordi che se ne hanno. Ricordare una cosa significa vederla – ora soltanto – per la prima volta." - Il mestiere di vivere. 28 gennaio 1942
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„We do not remember days, we remember moments.“

—  Cesare Pavese

This Business of Living (1935-1950)

„The only joy in the world is to begin.“

—  Cesare Pavese

„Here's the difficulty about suicide: it is an act of ambition that can be committed only when one has passed beyond ambition.“

—  Cesare Pavese

La difficoltà di commettere suicidio sta in questo: è un atto di ambizione che si può commettere solo quando si sia superata ogni ambizione.
This Business of Living (1935-1950)

„We do not remember days, we remember moments. The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten“

—  Cesare Pavese

This Business of Living (1935-1950)
Variante: The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.
Quelle: The Burning Brand: Diaries, 1935-1950

„What world lies beyond that stormy sea I do not know, but every ocean has a distant shore, and I shall reach it.“

—  Cesare Pavese

This Business of Living (1935-1950)

„From someone who doesn't want to share your destiny, you should neither accept a cigarette“

—  Cesare Pavese

Quelle: The Burning Brand: Diaries, 1935-1950

„Great lovers will always be unhappy, because, for them, love is of supreme importance. Consequently they demand of their beloved the same intensity of thought as they have for her, otherwise they feel betrayed.“

—  Cesare Pavese

This Business of Living (1935-1950)

„Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world.“

—  Cesare Pavese

Quelle: Il mestiere di vivere: Diario 1935-1950

„No woman marries for money: they are all clever enough, before marrying a millionaire, to fall in love with him.“

—  Cesare Pavese

This Business of Living (1935-1950)

„There comes a day when, for someone who has persecuted us, we feel only indifference, a weariness at his stupidity. Then we forgive him.“

—  Cesare Pavese

This Business of Living (1935-1950)
Quelle: Il mestiere di vivere: Diario 1935-1950

„The words that strike us are those that awake an echo in a zone we have already made our own—the place where we live—and the vibration enables us to find fresh starting points within ourselves.“

—  Cesare Pavese

This Business of Living (1935-1950)
Quelle: Il mestiere di vivere: Diario 1935-1950
Kontext: When we read, we are not looking for new ideas, but to see our own thoughts given the seal of confirmation on the printed page. The words that strike us are those that awake an echo in a zone we have already made our own—the place where we live—and the vibration enables us to find fresh starting points within ourselves.

„One does not kill oneself for love of a woman, but because love—any love—reveals us in our nakedness, our misery, our vulnerability, our nothingness.“

—  Cesare Pavese