Old married people look so much alike that they have the same number of hairs in their ears. Albert Camus More Quotes by Albert Camus More Quotes From Albert Camus If absolute truth belongs to anyone in this world, it certainly does not belong to the man or party that claims to possess it. Albert Camus party truth life 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. Albert Camus one-day silence love For the existentials, negation is their God. To be precise, that god is maintained only through the negation of human reason. But, like suicides, gods change with men. Albert Camus atheism suicide men Do not wait for the Last Judgment. It takes place every day. Albert Camus judgment lasts waiting Murder is terribly exhausting. Albert Camus exhausting murder There is no more futile punishment than futile and hopeless labor. Albert Camus punishment work success The slave begins by demanding justice and ends by wanting to wear a crown. Albert Camus crowns slave justice No excuses ever, for anyone; that is my principle at the outset. I deny the good intention, the respectable mistake, the indiscretion, the extenuating circumstance. With me there is no giving of absolution or blessing. Albert Camus blessing mistake giving The truth is that everyone is bored, and devotes himself to cultivating habits. Albert Camus boredom existential life I am just coming out of five years of night, and this orgy of violent lights gives me for the first time the impression of a new continent. An enormous, 50-foot high Camel billboard : a GI with his mouth wide open blows enormous puffs of real smoke. So much bad taste hardly seems imaginable. Albert Camus real new-york blow Everything considered, a determined soul will always manage. Albert Camus manage determined soul All healthy men have thought of their own suicide Albert Camus health suicide men On my way out I was even going to shake his hand, but I remembered just in time that I'd killed a man. Albert Camus men hands way There is not one talent for living and another for creating. The same suffices for both. And one can be sure that the talent that could not produce but an artificial work could not sustain but a frivolous life. Albert Camus produce creating talent Great novelists are philosopher novelists - that is, the contrary of thesis-writers. Albert Camus philosopher novelists writing Rule: Start by looking for what is valid in every man. Albert Camus every-man men Freedom is not constituted primarily of privileges but of responsibilities. Albert Camus privilege responsibility My life was lucky so that I met, I loved (and disappointed) only outstanding people. Albert Camus mets lucky people I have a very old and very faithful attachment for dogs. I like them because they always forgive. Albert Camus owning-a-pet attachment dog Without memories, without hope, they lived for the moment only. indeed, the here and now had come to mean everything to them. For there is no denying that the plague had gradually killed off in all of us the faculty not of love only but even of friendship. Naturally enough, since love asks something of the future, and nothing was left us but a series of present moments. Albert Camus moments memories mean