The only conception of freedom I can have is that of the prisoner or the individual in the midst of the State. The only one I know is freedom of thought and action.

Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom: therefore they do not believe in dying completely.

To create is likewise to give a shape to one's fate

For the absurd man, it is not a matter of explaining and solving, but of experiencing and describing. Everything begins with lucid indifference.

These are facts the heart can feel; yet they call for careful study before they become clear to the intellect.

This absurd, godless world is, then, peopled with men who think clearly and have ceased to hope. And I have not yet spoken of the most absurd character, who is the creator.

Like great works, deep feelings always mean more than they are conscious of saying.