Albert Camus Quotes
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The more I produce, the less I am certain. On the road along which the artist walks, night falls ever more densely. Finally, he dies blind.
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I do not believe in God and I am not an atheist.
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Happiness and the absurd are two sons of the same earth. They are inseparable.
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All healthy men have thought of their own suicide.
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If absolute truth belongs to anyone in this world, it certainly does not belong to the man or party that claims to possess it.
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Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.
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Paris is dirty. It has pigeons and black yards. The people have white skin.
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A writer cannot put himself today in service of those who make history; he is at the service of those who suffer it.
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Freedom is not a gift received from the State or leader, but a possession to be won every day by the effort of each and the union of all.
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The loss of love is the loss of all rights, even though one had them all.
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The reasoning is classic in its clarity. If God does not exist, Kirilov is god. If God does not exist, Kirilov must kill himself. Kirilov must therefore kill himself to become god. That logic is absurd, but it is what is needed.
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There's the risk of being loved...and that would keep me from being happy.
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My life was lucky so that I met, I loved (and disappointed) only outstanding people.
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If nothing had any meaning, you would be right. But there is something that still has a meaning.