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“Great novelists are philosopher novelists - that is, the contrary of thesis-writers.”

Quote by Albert Camus

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Albert Camus was a French author and philosopher, born on November 7, 1913, and died on January 4, 1960. Known for his unique existentialist philosophy and profound insights into human suffering, Camus' works include 'The Stranger', 'The Plague', and 'The Myth of Sisyphus', which have had a profound impact on 20th-century literature. more

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“When the imagination sleeps, words are emptied of their meaning: a deaf population absent-mindedly registers the condemnation of a man. ... there is no other solution but to speak out and show the obscenity hidden under the verbal cloak.”

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Book:Resistance, Rebellion, and Death: Essays

Source: Resistance, Rebellion, and Death: Essays

“There is a solitude in poverty, but a solitude which restores to each thing its value.”

Values Poverty Solitude

Author:Albert Camus

“Chacun exige d'e" tre innocent, a' tout prix, me" me si, pour cela, il faut accuser le genre humain et le ciel. Everyone insists on his or her innocence, at all costs, even if it means accusing the rest of the human race and heaven.”

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Author:Albert Camus

“Do not wait for the Last Judgment. It takes place every day.”

Happens Lasts Waiting Judgment

Author:Albert Camus

“La ve rite , comme la lumie' re, aveugle. Le mensonge, au contraire, est un beau cre puscule qui met chaque objet en valeur. Truth, like light, blinds. A lie, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight which shows the value of each object.”

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Author:Albert Camus

“What must be remembered in any case is that secret complicity that joins the logical and the everyday to the tragic.”

Secret Cases Everyday Remembered Tragic Logical Complicity

Book:The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

Source: The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

“The most elementary form of rebellion, paradoxically , expresses an aspiration for order .”

Form Order Aspiration Rebellion

Book:The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt

Source: The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt

“Real fulfillment, for the man who allows absolutely free rein to his desires, and who much dominate everything, lies in hatred.”

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Book:The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt

Source: The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt

“Metaphysical rebellion is a claim, motivated by the concept of a complete unity, against the suffering of life and death and a protest against the human condition both for its incompleteness, thanks to death, and its wastefulness, thanks to evil.”

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Book:The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt

Source: The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt

“In every rebellion is to be found the metaphysical demand for unity, the impossibility of capturing it, and the construction of a substitute universe.”

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Book:The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt

Source: The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt