After another moment's silence, she mumbled that I was peculiar, that that was probably why she loved me but that one day I might disgust her for the very same reason

Quote by Albert Camus

Topics: Silence Quotes

We turn toward God only to obtain the impossible.

We turn toward God only to obtain the impossible.

I shall tell you a great secret my friend. Do not wait for the last...

I shall tell you a great secret my friend. Do not wait for the last...

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide.

There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide.

Every man needs slaves like he needs clean air. To rule is to breathe, is...

Every man needs slaves like he needs clean air. To rule is to breathe, is...

It's a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without...

It's a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without...

Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.

Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.

Note, besides, that it is no more immoral to directly rob citizens than to slip...

Note, besides, that it is no more immoral to directly rob citizens than to slip...

When you have once seen the glow of happiness on the face of a belovedperson,...

When you have once seen the glow of happiness on the face of a belovedperson,...

I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to...

I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to...

Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.

Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.

All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning

All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning

To get rich never risk your health. For it is the truth that health is...

To get rich never risk your health. For it is the truth that health is...

The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.

The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.

A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of...

A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of...

The society based on production is only productive, not creative.

The society based on production is only productive, not creative.

You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

Only a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could justify non-violence.

Only a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could justify non-violence.

We rarely confide in those who are better than we are.

We rarely confide in those who are better than we are.

We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile....

We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile....