What made me run away was doubtless not so much the fear of settling down, but of settling down permanently in something ugly.
ALBERT CAMUSThe truth is that everyone is bored, and devotes himself to cultivating habits.
More Albert Camus Quotes
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They knew now that if there is one thing one can always yearn for, and sometimes attain, it is human love.
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Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.
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We must learn how to lend ourselves to dreaming when dreams lend themselves to us.
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The literal meaning of life is whatever you’re doing that prevents you from killing yourself.
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I like people who dream or talk to themselves interminably; I like them, for they are double. They are here and elsewhere.
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Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being.
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There is a life and there is a death, and there are beauty and melancholy between.
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At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face.
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But the heart has its own memory and I have forgotten nothing.
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Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.
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Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present.
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You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.
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In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.
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It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.
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What is called a reason for living is also an excellent reason for dying.
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