I may not have been sure about what really did interest me, but I was absolutely sure about what didn’t.
ALBERT CAMUSThe absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.
More Albert Camus Quotes
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People hasten to judge in order not to be judged themselves.
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Rebellion cannot exist without a strange form of love.
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But sometimes it takes more courage to live than to shoot yourself.
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There is not love of life without despair about life.
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There is no sun without shadow, and it is essential to know the night.
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Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being.
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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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Live to the point of tears.
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Sometimes at night I would sleep open-eyed underneath a sky dripping with stars. I was alive then.
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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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When the soul suffers too much, it develops a taste for misfortune.
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There are crimes of passion and crimes of logic. The boundary between them is not clearly defined.
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The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.
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Happiness and the absurd are two sons of the same earth. They are inseparable.
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Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable.
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