If absolute truth belongs to anyone in this world, it certainly does not belong to the man or party that claims to possess it.
Albert CamusA symbol always transcends the one who makes use of it and makes him say in reality more than he is aware of expressing.
Albert CamusHe was expressing his certainty that my appeal would be granted, but I was carrying the burden of a sin from which I had to free myself. According to him, human justice was nothing and divine justice was everything. I pointed out it was the former that had condemned me.
Albert CamusNo doubt our love was still there, but quite simply it was unusable, heavy to carry, inert inside of us, sterile as crime or condemnation. It was no longer anything except a patience with no future and a stubborn wait.
Albert CamusIn that night alive with signs and stars, I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world. Finding it so much like myself--like a brother, really--I felt that I had been happy and that I was happy again.
Albert CamusHave you no hope at all? And do you really live with the thought that when you die, you die, and nothing remains?" "Yes," I said.
Albert CamusThe truth is that nothing is less sensational than pestilence, and by reason of their very duration great misfortunes are monotonous.
Albert CamusThe human heart has a tiresome tendency to label as fate only what crushes it. But happiness likewise, in its way, is without reason, since it is inevitable.
Albert Camus