Powerful, yes, that is the word that I constantly rolled on my tongue, I dreamed of absolute power, the kind that forces others tokneel, that forces the enemy to capitulate, finally converting him, and the more the enemy is blind, cruel, sure of himself, buried in his conviction, the more his admission proclaims the royalty of he who has brought on his defeat.
Albert CamusThose who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but the silencing of misery.
Albert CamusAs a remedy to life in society I would suggest the big city. Nowadays, it is the only desert within our means.
Albert CamusIf you keep on excusing, you eventually give your blessing to the slave camp, to cowardly force, to organized executioners, to the cynicism of great political monsters; you finally hand over your brothers.
Albert Camus