What made me run away was doubtless not so much the fear of settling down, but of settling down permanently in something ugly.
ALBERT CAMUSI rebel; therefore I exist.
More Albert Camus Quotes
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It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.
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Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.
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Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.
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I know simply that the sky will last longer than I.
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I know that man is capable of great deeds. But if he isn’t capable of great emotion, well, he leaves me cold.
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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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Since we’re all going to die, it’s obvious that when and how don’t matter.
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There is a life and there is a death, and there are beauty and melancholy between.
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For who would dare to assert that eternal happiness can compensate for a single moment’s human suffering.
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I do not believe in God and I am not an atheist.
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There is not love of life without despair about life.
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At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face.
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Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.
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Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable.
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But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?
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