Algerian Chronicles Quotes

“What does eternity matter to me? To lose the touch of flowers and women's hands - that is the supreme separation!”
― Albert Camus, Algerian Chronicles

“the simplifications of hatred and prejudice, which embitter and perpetuate the Algerian conflict, must be combated on a daily basis, and one man cannot do the job alone. What is required is a movement, a supportive press, and constant action.”
― Albert Camus, Algerian Chronicles

“One must fight for one's truth while making sure not to kill that truth with the very arms employed to defend it: only if both criteria are satisfied can words recover their meaning. With this in mind, the role of the intellectual is to seek by his own lights to make out the respective limits of force and justice in each camp. It is to explain the meaning of words in such a way as to sober minds and calm fanaticism, even if this means working against the grain.”
― Albert Camus, Algerian Chronicles

“Reprisals against civilians and the practice of torture are crimes for which we are all responsible. That we have allowed these acts to occur is humiliation we must henceforth confront. For now, we must at the very least reject every justification, even that of effectiveness, for such methods. From the very moment we justify them, even indirectly, neither rule nor value can exist, all claims are equally valid and war without limit or laws consecrates the triumph of nihilism.”
― Albert Camus, Algerian Chronicles

“Não caminhe na minha frente, eu não posso seguir. Não caminhe atrás de mim, eu não posso conduzir, apenas caminhe ao meu lado e seja meu amigo.”
― Albert Camus, Algerian Chronicles

“Je mourrai et ce lieu continuera de distribuer plénitude et beauté. Rien d'amer à cette idée. Mais au contraire sentiment de reconnaissance et de vénération".
---- Albert Camus à propos de Tipasa, Algérie (Carnets III)”
― Albert Camus, Algerian Chronicles