“For who would dare to assert that eternal happiness can compensate for a single moment's human suffering”
― The Plague
― The Plague
“I have no idea what's awaiting me, or what will happen when this all ends. For the moment I know this: there are sick people and they need curing.”
― The Plague
― The Plague
“But again and again there comes a time in history when the man who dares to say that two and two make four is punished with death. The schoolteacher is well aware of this. And the question is not one of knowing what punishment or reward attends the making of this calculation. The question is one of knowing whether two and two do make four”
― The Plague
― The Plague
“I know that man is capable of great deeds. But if he isn't capable of great emotion, well, he leaves me cold.”
― The Plague
― The Plague
“But, you know, I feel more fellowship with the defeated than with saints. Heroism and sanctity don't really appeal to me, I imagine. What interests me is being a man.”
― The Plague
― The Plague
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