"I had only a little time left and I didn’t want to waste it on God."

— Meursault, The Stranger by Albert Camus

"Since we’re all going to die, it’s obvious that when and how don’t matter."

— Meursault, The Stanger by Albert Camus

"We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love — first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage."

— Albert Camus, A Happy Death

"Nous nous trompons toujours deux fois sur ceux que nous aimons: d’abord à leur avantage, puis à leur désavantage."

— Albert Camus, A Happy Death

"Was that so long ago? Twenty-five years.Twenty-five years were nothing, for it seemed to her only yesterday when she washesitating between an independent life and marriage, just yesterday when she wasthinking anxiously of the time she might be growing old alone. She was not alone andthat law-student who always wanted to be with her was now at her side. She hadeventually accepted him although he was a little shorter than she and she didn’t muchlike his eager, sharp laugh or his black protruding eyes. But she liked his courage in facing up to life, which he shared with all the French of this country. She also likedhis crestfallen look when events or men failed to live up to his expectations. Aboveall, she like being loved, and he had showered her with attentions. By so often makingher aware that she existed for him he made her exist in reality. No, she was not alone"

— The Adulterous Woman, Albert Camus

"A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession."

— Albert Camus

Albert Camus’ cigarette brand of choice.