Sometimes at night I would sleep open-eyed underneath a sky dripping with stars. I was alive then.
ALBERT CAMUSNobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.
More Albert Camus Quotes
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I know simply that the sky will last longer than I.
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Don’t believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they really want is to be maintained in the good opinion they have of themselves.
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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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The literal meaning of life is whatever you’re doing that prevents you from killing yourself.
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I may not have been sure about what really did interest me, but I was absolutely sure about what didn’t.
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What is called a reason for living is also an excellent reason for dying.
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There is not love of life without despair about life.
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Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.
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I love life – that’s my real weakness. I love it so much that I am incapable of imagining what is not life.
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And it was like knocking four quick times on the door of unhappiness.
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Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable.
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If something is going to happen to me, I want to be there.
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You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them.
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But sometimes it takes more courage to live than to shoot yourself.
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People hasten to judge in order not to be judged themselves.
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