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
ALBERT CAMUSIn the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.
More Albert Camus Quotes
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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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The literal meaning of life is whatever you’re doing that prevents you from killing yourself.
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If we believe in nothing, if nothing has any meaning and if we can affirm no values whatsoever, then everything is possible and nothing has any importance.
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But in the end one needs more courage to live than to kill himself.
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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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The most important thing you do everyday you live is deciding not to kill yourself.
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The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.
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At the heart of all beauty lies something inhuman.
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Happiness and the absurd are two sons of the same earth. They are inseparable.
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The truth is that everyone is bored, and devotes himself to cultivating habits.
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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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The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man’s heart.
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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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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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Peace is the only battle worth waging.
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