I shall not, as far as I am concerned, try to pass myself off as a Christian in your presence. I share with you the same revulsion from evil. But I do not share your hope, and I continue to struggle against this universe in which children suffer and die.

The certainty of a God giving meaning to life far surpasses in attractiveness the ability to behave badly with impunity. The choice would not be hard to make. But there is no choice and that is where the bitterness comes in. The absurd does not liberate; it binds.

In this vast country that he had so loved, he was alone.

Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature.

Life is the result of all your choices.

Life is the sum of your choices.

One grows out of pity when it's useless.