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

How hard, how bitter it is to become a man!

How hard, how bitter it is to become a man!

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...

Every revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic.

Every revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic.

You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to...

You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to...

Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a...

Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a...

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

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

I used to advertise my loyalty and I don't believe there is a single person...

I used to advertise my loyalty and I don't believe there is a single person...

We are all special cases.

We are all special cases.

Stupidity has a knack of getting its way.

Stupidity has a knack of getting its way.

Truly fertile Music, the only kind that will move us, that we shall truly appreciate,...

Truly fertile Music, the only kind that will move us, that we shall truly appreciate,...

All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State.

All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State.

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

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

The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind.

The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind.

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

Don't wait for the last judgment - it takes place every day.

Don't wait for the last judgment - it takes place every day.

Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.

Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed,...

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed,...

It takes a disciplined person to listen to convictions which are different from their own.

It takes a disciplined person to listen to convictions which are different from their own.

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed,...

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed,...