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Truth is mysterious, elusive, always to be conquered. Liberty is dangerous, as hard to live with as it is elating. We must march toward these two goals, painfully but resolutely, certain in advance of our failings on so long a road.


Albert Camus

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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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