Absurd- that is the light mind that establishes its own borders.

That must be wonderful; I have no idea of what it means.

Rebellion cannot exist without the feeling that somewhere, in some way, you are justified.

Outside of that single fatality of death, everything, joy or happiness, is liberty.

If pimps and thieves everywhere were always punished, honest people would all believe themselves always to be innocent.

Thus I draw from the absurd three consequences, which are my revolt, my freedom, and my passion. By the mere activity of consciousness I transform into a rule of life what was an invitation to death—and I refuse suicide.

People believe a man is in distress because his loved one dies in one day. But his real pain is less futile: it is that he finds out that sadness too does not last. Even pain has no meaning.