“Do not be afraid of spending quality time by yourself. Find meaning or don’t find meaning but “steal” some time and give it freely and exclusively to your own self. Opt for privacy and solitude. That doesn’t make you antisocial or cause you to reject the rest of the world. But you need to breathe. And you need to be.”

“It is necessary to fall in love… if only to provide an alibi for all the random despair you are going to feel anyway.”

“We all carry within us places of exile, our crimes, our ravages. Our task is not to unleash them on the world; it is to transform them in ourselves and others.”

“Always there comes an hour when one is weary of one's work and devotion to duty, and all one craves for is a loved face, the warmth and wonder of a loving heart.”

“Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.”

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

“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.”

“You will never be able to experience everything. So, please, do poetical justice to your soul and simply experience yourself.”

“I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world.”

“Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee? But in the end, one needs more courage to live than to kill himself.”

In this journey through Camus’ quotes, we will (may or may not lol) explore the themes of absurdity, rebellion, freedom, and the search for meaning in life.

ALBERT CAMUS

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