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The Plague
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For its ordinariness is what strikes one first about the town of Oran, which is merely a large French port on the Algerian coast, headquarters of the Prefect of a French Department.
“On the previous night his mother, when handing him a telegram from his wife, had remarked that his hands were shaking.
"Yes," he said. "But it's only a matter of sticking to it, and my nerves will steady down, you'll see.”
― The Plague
"Yes," he said. "But it's only a matter of sticking to it, and my nerves will steady down, you'll see.”
― The Plague
“It could be only the record of what had had to be done, and what assuredly would have to be done again in the never ending fight against terror and its relentless onslaughts, despite their personal afflictions, by all who, while unable to be saints but refusing to bow down to pestilences, strive their utmost to be healers.”
― The Plague
― The Plague
“Now, at least, the position was clear; this calamity was everybody's business.”
― The Plague
― The Plague
“Ah," Rieux said, "a man can't cure and know at the same time. So let's cure as quickly as we can. That's the more urgent”
― The Plague
― The Plague
“Moreover, in this extremity of solitude none could count on any help from his neighbor; each had to bear the load of his troubles alone.”
― The Plague
― The Plague
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