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Hi Colton
Could you edit your title to add something like "Needs a Superlibrarian"? (only possible in the desktop view)Most of those quotes have over 500 likes, so a regular Librarian can't help you.

Oh ok thank you!
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/508603
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1230206
And this is the correct one:
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/766873
The original line is taken from his essay Return to Tipasa and is done quite the disservice when stripped of context and misconstrued.
Upon further investigation it seems there are other misattributed Camus quotes, including:
A Jewish children's song, no record of any relation to Camus, and famously misquoted to him:
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/54
Another quote with no relation to Camus, first appearing in "The Paradox
of Choice":
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/63960
I believe this is the only way to report these quotes so here they are.