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“There is not love of life without despair about life.”
― Lyrical and Critical Essays
― Lyrical and Critical Essays
“She was wearing a pair of my pajamas with the sleeves rolled up. When she laughed I wanted her again. A minute later she asked me if I loved her. I told her it didn't mean anything but that I didn't think so. She looked sad. But as we were fixing lunch, and for no apparent reason, she laughed in such a way that I kissed her.”
― The Stranger
― The Stranger
“What is called a reason for living is also an excellent reason for dying.”
― The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
― The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
“The truth is that everyone is bored, and devotes himself to cultivating habits.”
― The Plague
― The Plague
“I continue to believe that this world has no ultimate meaning. But I know that something in it has a meaning and that is man, because he is the only creature to insist on having one”
― Resistance, Rebellion and Death: Essays
― Resistance, Rebellion and Death: Essays
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