If pimps and thieves everywhere were always punished, honest people would all believe themselves always to be innocent.
Albert CamusYou know, [women] do not really condemn any weakness: rather, they try to humiliate or disarm our strengths. That is why women arethe reward, not of the warrior, but of the criminal.
Albert CamusNature is a burning and frigid, transparent and limited universe in which nothing is possible but everything is given.
Albert CamusThat is love, to give away everything, to sacrifice everything, without the slightest desire to get anything in return.3
Albert CamusFor instance, I never complained that my birthday was overlooked; people were even surprised, with a touch of admiration, by my discretion on this subject. But the reason for my disinterestedness was even more discreet: I longed to be forgotten in order to be able to complain to myself... Once my solitude was thoroughly proved, I could surrender to the charms of a virile self-pity.
Albert Camus