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In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.

And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.


Albert Camus

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ALBERT CAMUS Man is always prey to his truths. Once he has admitted them, he cannot free himself from them.
ALBERT CAMUS At the heart of all beauty lies something inhuman.
ALBERT CAMUS Por eso resulta tan desgarrador el amor de los hombres. No pueden evitar separarse de lo que aman.
ALBERT CAMUS My dear,
In the midst of hate, I found there was, within me, an invincible love.
In the mi...
ALBERT CAMUS Let's not worry. It's too late now. It will always be too late, fortunately!
ALBERT CAMUS There is no longer a single idea explaining everything, but an infinite number of essences giving a ...
ALBERT CAMUS Throughout the whole absurd life I'd lived, a dark wind had been rising toward me from somewhere dee...
ALBERT CAMUS Thus I draw from the absurd three consequences, which are my
revolt, my freedom, and my passion...
ALBERT CAMUS The truth is that everyone is bored, and devotes himself to cultivating habits.
ALBERT CAMUS Le fameux discours de Saint-Just a ainsi tous les airs d'une étude théologique. "Louis [XVI] étra...
ALBERT CAMUS I sometimes think of what future historians will say of us. A single sentence will suffice for moder...
ALBERT CAMUS I know of only one duty, and that is to love
ALBERT CAMUS In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion
ALBERT CAMUS Everyone would like to behave like a pagan, with everyone else behaving like a Christian
ALBERT CAMUS There is but one freedom, to put oneself right with death. After that everything is possible.
ALBERT CAMUS ... We need the sweet pain of anticipation to tell us we are really alive.
ALBERT CAMUS Au milieu de l'hiver, j'ai découvert en moi un invincible été.
ALBERT CAMUS The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.
ALBERT CAMUS Aujourd'hui, maman est morte. Ou peut-être hier, je ne sais pas.
ALBERT CAMUS This heart within me I can feel, and I judge that it exists. This world I can touch, and I likewise ...
ALBERT CAMUS But what then is capital punishment but the most premeditated of murders, to which no criminal's dee...
ALBERT CAMUS I have a very old and very faithful attachment for dogs. I like them because they always forgive.
ALBERT CAMUS People don't love each other at our age, Marthe—they please each other, that's all. Later on, when...
ALBERT CAMUS She was wearing a pair of my pajamas with the sleeves rolled up. When she laughed I wanted her again...
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