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

Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question.

Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question.

The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even...

The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even...

To be famous, in fact, one has only to kill one's landlady.

To be famous, in fact, one has only to kill one's landlady.

The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions...

The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions...

Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question.

Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question.

Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow; Don't walk behind me, I...

Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow; Don't walk behind me, I...

We are all special cases.

We are all special cases.

Men are convinced of your arguments, your sincerity, and the seriousness of your efforts only...

Men are convinced of your arguments, your sincerity, and the seriousness of your efforts only...

In order to exist just once in the world, it is necessary never again to...

In order to exist just once in the world, it is necessary never again to...

Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.

Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.

A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.

A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.

To marry a woman who you love and who loves you is to lay a...

To marry a woman who you love and who loves you is to lay a...

For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in...

For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in...

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence...

Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence...

All healthy men have thought of their own suicide

All healthy men have thought of their own suicide

By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more.

By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more.

Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators.

Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators.

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

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

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....