“Thus, I always began by assuming the worst; my appeal was dismissed. That meant, of course, I was to die. Sooner than others, obviously. 'But,' I reminded myself, 'it's common knowledge that life isn't worth living, anyhow.' And, on a wide view, I could see that it makes little difference whether one dies at the age of thirty or threescore and ten-- since, in either case, other men will continue living, the world will go on as before. Also, whether I died now or forty years hence, this business of dying had to be got through, inevitably.”
― The Stranger
― The Stranger
“Have you no hope at all? And do you really live with the thought that when you die, you die, and nothing remains?" "Yes," I said.”
― The Stranger
― The Stranger
“Still, obviously, one can't be sensible all the time.”
― The Stranger
― The Stranger
“To stay or to go, it amounted to the same thing.”
― The Stranger
― The Stranger
“As I usually do when I want to get rid of someone whose conversation bores me, I pretended to agree.”
― The Stranger
― The Stranger
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