Cesare Pavese Quotes

For women, history does not exist. Murasaki, Sappho, and Madame Lafayette might be their own contemporaries.

Cesare Pavese

• Women
• History
• Contemporaries
• Not Exist
• Sappho
• Murasaki

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  • History
  • Contemporaries