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The literal meaning of life is whatever you’re doing that prevents you from killing yourself.

Albert Camus

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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Dreamss People
Man is always prey to his truths. Once he has admitted them, he cannot free himself from them.
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Admit Freedom Himself Man Prey Truth
It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.
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Death Execution Job People Thinking
I rebel; therefore I exist.
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Existence One Liner Rebel
The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.
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Civilization Destroy Life Winter Writing
I would rather live my life as if there is a god and die to find out there isn’t, than live my life as if there isn’t and die to find out there is.
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Die Finding God Life Live
Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.
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Courage Cowardice Lack Philosophy
But in the end one needs more courage to live than to kill himself.
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Courage Himself Kill Live Survival
If we believe in nothing, if nothing has any meaning and if we can affirm no values whatsoever, then everything is possible and nothing has any importance.
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Believe Importance Life Possible Value
I realized then that a man who had lived only one day could easily live for a hundred years in prison. He would have enough memories to keep him from being bored
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Bore Live Man Memories Prison Realize
The truth is that everyone is bored, and devotes himself to cultivating habits.
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Bad Bore Devote Habit Himself One Truth
There is not love of life without despair about life.
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Despair Life Love One Liner
I used to advertise my loyalty and I don’t believe there is a single person I loved that I didn’t eventually betray.
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Believe Betrayal Love Loyalty Person Relationship
We are all born mad, some remain so.
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Born Humanity Humour Madness One Liner
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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Humanity Love
Sometimes at night I would sleep open-eyed underneath a sky dripping with stars. I was alive then.
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Alive Life Night Sleep Sleeping Stars

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