The rebel can never find peace. He knows what is good and, despite himself, does evil. The value which supports him is never given to him once and for all
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For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.Albert Camus
Men are never convinced of your reasons, of your sincerity, of the seriousness of your sufferings, except by your death. So long as you are alive, your case is doubtful you have a right only to their skepticism.
Albert Camus
It is not rebellion itself which is noble but the demands it makes upon us.
Albert Camus
Realism should only be the means of expression of religious genius... or, at the other extreme, the artistic expressions of monkeys which are quite satisfied with mere imitation. In fact, art is never realistic though sometimes it is tempted to be. To be really realistic a description would have to be endless.
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Everyone would like to behave like a pagan, with everyone else behaving like a Christian
Albert Camus
I was absent at the moment I took up the most space.
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