When love ceases to be tragic it is something else and the individual again throws himself in search of tragedy.
Albert CamusAnd indeed it could be said that once the faintest stirring of hope became possible, the dominion of plague was ended.
Albert CamusI sometimes need to write things which I cannot completely control but which therefore prove that what is in me is stronger than I am.
Albert CamusShe 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.
Albert Camus