I don’t want to be a genius-I have enough problems just trying to be a man.
ALBERT CAMUSThe purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.
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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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Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?
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We are all born mad, some remain so.
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In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.
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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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Integrity has no need of rules.
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I know simply that the sky will last longer than I.
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You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them.
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He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.
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We have to live and let live in order to create what we are.
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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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Man is always prey to his truths. Once he has admitted them, he cannot free himself from them.
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Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.
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The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.
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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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