• Literature is a defense against the attacks of life. It says to life: ''You can't deceive me. I know your habits, foresee and enjoy watching all your reactions, and steal your secret by involving you in cunning obstructions that halt your normal flow.''

  Cesare Pavese
  Italian writer and poet 1908-1950
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. obstructions
2. reactions
3. involving
4. attacks
5. deceive
6. foresee

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Literature is a defense against the attacks of life. It says to life: ''You can't deceive me. I know your habits, foresee and enjoy watching all your reactions, and steal your secret by involving you in cunning obstructions that halt your normal flow.'' by : Cesare Pavese

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