In normal times all of us know, whether consciously or not, that there is no love which can't be bettered; nevertheless, we reconcile ourselves more or less easily to the fact that ours has never risen above the average.
Albert CamusAh, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the weight of days is dreadful.
Albert CamusHe was conscious of the disastrous fact that love and desire must be expressed in the same way.
Albert CamusI spent a long time looking at faces, drinking in smiles. Am I happy or unhappy? It’s not a very important question. I live with such frenzied intensity. Things and people are waiting for me, and doubtless I am waiting for them and desiring them with all my strength and sadness. But, here, I earn the right to be alive by silence and by secrecy. The miracle of not having to talk about oneself.
Albert Camus