Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being.
ALBERT CAMUSIf something is going to happen to me, I want to be there.
More Albert Camus Quotes
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And it was like knocking four quick times on the door of unhappiness.
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Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.
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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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I don’t want to be a genius-I have enough problems just trying to be a man.
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Always go too far, because that’s where you’ll find the truth.
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To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.
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A man devoid of hope and conscious of being so has ceased to belong to the future.
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I’ve never really had much of an imagination. But still I would try to picture the exact moment when the beating of my heart would no longer be going on inside my head.
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Rebellion cannot exist without a strange form of love.
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Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present.
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Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.
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The literal meaning of life is whatever you’re doing that prevents you from killing yourself.
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We have to live and let live in order to create what we are.
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I do not believe in God and I am not an atheist.
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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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