Albert Camus

There is no love of life without despair of life.

There is no love of life without despair of life.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

Friendship is a treasured gift, and every time I talk with you I feel as if I'm getting richer and read more

Friendship is a treasured gift, and every time I talk with you I feel as if I'm getting richer and richer

In default of inexhaustible happiness, eternal suffering would at least give us a destiny. But we do not even have read more

In default of inexhaustible happiness, eternal suffering would at least give us a destiny. But we do not even have that consolation, and our worst agonies come to an end one day.

For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in read more

For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.