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It is not that the child lives in a world of imagination, but that the child within us survives and starts into life only at rare moments of recollection, which makes us believe, and it is not true, that, as children, we were imaginative?
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"It is not that the child lives in a world of imagination, but that the child within us survives and starts into life only at rare moments of recollection, which makes us believe, and it is not true, that, as children, we were imaginative?"
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It is not that the child lives in a world of imagination, but that the child within us survives and starts into life only at rare moments of recollection, which makes us believe, and it is not true, that, as children, we were imaginative? — Cesare Pavese

About Cesare Pavese

Cesare Pavese was a Poet from Italy (1908–1950).

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Who said "It is not that the child lives in a world of imagination, but that the child wi…"?
This quote is attributed to Cesare Pavese, a Poet from Italy.
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Cesare Pavese lived from 1908 – 1950.
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