Albert Camus Quotes About Mothers

• Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday; I can't be sure.

  Albert Camus

  Life, Mother, Yesterday

  Albert Camus (2016). “The Stranger”, p.2, Hamilton Books

• At that moment he knew what his mother was thinking, and that she loved him. But he knew, too, that to love someone means relatively little; or, rather, that love is never strong enough to find the words befitting it. Thus he and his mother would always love each other silently. And one day she--or he--would die, without ever, all their lives long, having gone farther than this by way of making their affection known.

  Albert Camus

  Mother, Strong, Mean

  Albert Camus (1962). “The Plague”

• Maman died today. Or yesterday maybe, I don't know. I got a telegram from the home: 'Mother deceased. Funeral tomorrow. Faithfully yours.' That doesn't mean anything. Maybe it was yesterday.

  Albert Camus

  Mother, Home, Mean

  Albert Camus (2002). “The Stranger”, Spark Notes

• Happiness is not everything and men have their duties. Mine is to find my mother, a homeland

  Albert Camus

  Family, Happiness, Mother

• In our society, any man who doesn't cry at his mother's funeral is liable to be condemned to death.

  Albert Camus

  Mother, Men, Funeral

  "What is it about Albert Camus' The Outsider that makes it such an enduring favourite with men?" by Marcel Berlins, www.theguardian.com. April 11, 2006.

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