The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even love itself. To love, therefore, is to sterilize the person one loves.

Quote by Albert Camus

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

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

When you have really exhausted an experience you always reverence and love it.

When you have really exhausted an experience you always reverence and love it.

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

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

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

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

Absolute virtue is impossible and the republic of forgiveness leads, with implacable logic, to the...

Absolute virtue is impossible and the republic of forgiveness leads, with implacable logic, to the...

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

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

Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom: therefore they...

Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom: therefore they...

The world is never quiet, even its silence eternally resounds with the same notes, in...

The world is never quiet, even its silence eternally resounds with the same notes, in...

Abstract Art: A product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.

Abstract Art: A product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.

You have the freedom to choose your actions, you don't have the freedom to choose...

You have the freedom to choose your actions, you don't have the freedom to choose...

All men have a sweetness in their life. That is what helps them go on....

All men have a sweetness in their life. That is what helps them go on....

After another moment's silence, she mumbled that I was peculiar, that that was probably why...

After another moment's silence, she mumbled that I was peculiar, that that was probably why...

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...

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

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

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

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

It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy...

It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy...

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

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

You have to be very rich or very poor to live without a trade.

You have to be very rich or very poor to live without a trade.

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

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

Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep.

Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep.