Sarangi

“He wanted to know if I'd be interested in going there to work. It would mean I could live in Paris and also travel part of the year. You're young and it seems to me it might be the kind of life you'd enjoy?' I said yes, but that, actually, I didn't care one way or the other. Then he asked me whether I would be interested in changing my life. I replied that you can never really change your life and that, in any case, every life was more or less the same and that my life here wasn't bad at all. He looked displeased, told me I could never give a straight answer, that I had no ambition and that this was disastrous in business. So I went back to work. I would have preferred not to upset him, but I could see no reason to change my life.”
― Albert Camus, The Stranger

“When I woke up, I understood why my boss hadn't seemed very happy when I asked for two days off: today is Saturday. I had more or less forgotten that, but realized it when I got up. My boss, quite naturally, must have thought that would mean I'd have four days off, including Sunday, which he probably wouldn't have liked. But then again, it's not my fault that Mama's funeral was yesterday instead of today, and I still would have had Saturday and Sunday off in any case. Of course, that doesn't mean I can't understand why my boss wasn't happy.”
― Albert Camus, The Stranger

“But he cut me off, drew himself up to his full height and demanded I tell him one last time if I believed in God. I said no. He sat down, looking indignant. He said that was impossible, that every one believed in God, even those who turned away from Him. This was his firm belief, and if he ever had cause to doubt it, his life would no longer have any meaning. 'Do you want my life to have no meaning?' he shouted. In my opinion, that was none of my business and I told him so. But from across the table, he was already thrusting the Christ figure in my face and screaming like a madman: 'I am a Christian! I ask Christ to forgive your sins! How can you not believe that He suffered for you?' It struck me that he was now addressing me in a very personal way, as if I were a child, but I'd had enough. It was getting hotter and hotter. As always, whenever I want to get rid of people I'm barely listening to, I try to look as if I'm agreeing with them. To my surprise, he sounded triumphant: 'You see, you see, he said. "You do believe, don't you, and you will put your trust in Him? Obviously, I said no again. He slumped back into his chair.”
― Albert Camus, The Stranger

“At the beginning of my imprisonment, however, what I found most difficult was that I had the thoughts of a free man. For example, I was obsessed by a desire to be on a beach and to walk down to the sea. When I imagined the sound of those first little waves beneath my feet, the sensation of water flowing over my body and the feeling of freedom this brought me, it struck me how much the walls of my prison had closed in on me. But that just lasted a few months. Afterwards, I had only the thoughts of a prisoner. I looked forward to the daily walk I took around the courtyard or the visit from my lawyer. As for the rest of the time, I got used to it.”
― Albert Camus, The Stranger