Albert Camus Quotes - Page 40

• His own faith, however, was not lacking in virtues since it consisted in acknowledging obscurely that he would be granted much without ever deserving anything.

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  Would Be, Virtue, Granted

  Albert Camus (1960). “Collected fiction”

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• I hadn't understood how days could be both long and short at the same time: long to live through, maybe, but so drawn out that they ended up flowing into one another. They lost their names. Only 'yesterday' and 'tomorrow' still had any meaning for me.

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  Names, Yesterday, Long

  Albert Camus (2012). “The Stranger”, p.80, Vintage

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• For who would dare to assert that eternal happiness can compensate for a single moment's human suffering

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  Suffering, Eternal Happiness, Moments

  Albert Camus (1960). “The plague: translated from the French”

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• [Paris] is dirty. It has pigeons and black yards. The people have white skin.

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  Dirty, Cities, Paris

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• After all, I do not have so many ways of proving that I am free. We is always free at the expense of someone else. It is a bother,but it is normal.

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  Freedom, Way, Normal

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• We are not certain, we are never certain.

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  Certain

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• Big tears of frustration and exhaustion were streaming down his cheeks. But because of all the wrinkles, they weren't dripping off. They spread out and ran together again, leaving a watery film over his ruined face.

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  Frustration, Wrinkles, Together Again

  Albert Camus (2012). “The Stranger”, p.18, Vintage

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• At one time or another all normal people have wished their loved ones were dead.

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  People, Normal, Loved Ones

  Albert Camus (2012). “The Stranger”, p.65, Vintage

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• ...there was only one thing that interested her and that was getting into bed with men whenever she'd the chance. And I warned her straight. 'You'll be sorry one day, my girl, and wish you'd got me back'.

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  Girl, Sorry, Men

  Albert Camus (2016). “The Stranger”, p.14, Hamilton Books

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• The soul of a murderer is blind

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  Soul, Blind, Murderer

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