For there is merely bad luck in not being loved; there is misfortune in not loving.

The absurd depends as much on man as on the world. For the moment, it is all that links them together.

I know [my label], in any case: a double face, a charming Janus, and underneath, the house motto: "Be wary". On my business cards:"Jean-Baptiste Clamence, actor".

If, after all, men cannot always make history have a meaning, they can always act so that their own lives have one.

How do you put everyone in the pool, so you have the right to dry yourself in the sun?

We do not know how to eliminate evil, but we do know how to feed some of the hungry and heal some of the infirmed.

It happens that the stage sets collapse. Rising, streetcar, four hours in the office or the factory, meal, streetcar, four hours of work, meal, sleep, and Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday and Saturday according to the same rhythm – this path is easily followed most of the time. But one day the “why” arises and everything begins in that weariness tinged with amazement.