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“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
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Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
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“You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.”
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“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”
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“Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.”
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“Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.”
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“Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?”
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“Live to the point of tears.”
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“You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.”
― The Fall
― The Fall
“But in the end one needs more courage to live than to kill himself.”
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“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.”
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“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.
And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.”
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And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.”
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“Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.”
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“I may not have been sure about what really did interest me, but I was absolutely sure about what didn't.”
― The Stranger
― The Stranger
“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.”
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“When I look at my life and its secret colours, I feel like bursting into tears.”
― A Happy Death
― A Happy Death
“Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present.”
― Notebooks 1935-1942
― Notebooks 1935-1942
“An intellectual? Yes. And never deny it. An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. I like this, because I am happy to be both halves, the watcher and the watched. "Can they be brought together?" This is a practical question. We must get down to it. "I despise intelligence" really means: "I cannot bear my doubts.”
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“Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.”
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“To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.”
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“I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world.”
― L'Étranger
― L'Étranger
“The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.”
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“In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion."
[The Minotaur]”
― The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
[The Minotaur]”
― The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
“I used to advertise my loyalty and I don't believe there is a single person I loved that I didn't eventually betray.”
― The Fall
― The Fall
“O light! This is the cry of all the characters of ancient drama brought face to face with their fate. This last resort was ours, too, and I knew it now. In the middle of winter I at last discovered that there was in me an invincible summer.”
― L’été
― L’été
“Always go too far, because that's where you'll find the truth”
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“At the heart of all beauty lies something inhuman.”
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“When the soul suffers too much, it develops a taste for misfortune.”
― The First Man
― The First Man
“I do not believe in God and I am not an atheist.”
― Notebooks 1951-1959
― Notebooks 1951-1959
“Do not wait for the last judgment. It comes every day.”
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