In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.
ALBERT CAMUSHappiness and the absurd are two sons of the same earth. They are inseparable.
More Albert Camus Quotes
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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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Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.
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But in the end one needs more courage to live than to kill himself.
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But sometimes it takes more courage to live than to shoot yourself.
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In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.
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There is no sun without shadow, and it is essential to know the night.
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We are all exceptional cases. We all want to appeal against something! Each of us insists on being innocent at all cost, even if he has to accuse the whole human race and heaven itself.
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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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The most important thing you do everyday you live is deciding not to kill yourself.
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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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The truth is that everyone is bored, and devotes himself to cultivating habits.
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Do not wait for the last judgment. It comes every day.
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Today we are always as ready to judge as we are to fornicate.
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The literal meaning of life is whatever you’re doing that prevents you from killing yourself.
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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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