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Quote by Albert Camus

“To lose one's life is no great matter; when the time comes I'll have the courage to lose mine. But what's intolerable is to see one's life being drained of meaning, to be told there's no reason for existing. A man can't live without some reason for living.”

Book:Caligula and Three Other Plays

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Caligula and Three Other Plays

This volume brings together four plays by the French existentialist writer and philosopher Albert Camus. The title play, Caligula, explores the reign of the Roman emperor as he grapples with absurdity and the limits of power. The other three plays—The Misunderstanding, State of Emergency, and The Just Assassins—each examine themes of justice, rebellion, and the human condition, reflecting Camus's philosophical concerns. The collection offers a representative sample of Camus's dramatic work, which often confronts moral dilemmas and the search for meaning in a seemingly indifferent world. more

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Albert Camus

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

“It's strange. There's your life. You begin it, feeling that it's something so precious and rare, so beautiful that it's like a sacred treasure. Now it's over, and it doesn't make any difference to anyone, and it isn't that they are indifferent, it's just that they don't know, they don't know what it means, that treasure of mine, and there's something about it that they should understand. I don't understand it myself, but there's something that should be understood by all of us. Only what is it? What?”

Knows Should Mean Feelings Beautiful Differences Mines Strange Understood Sacred Treasure Indifferent

Author:Ayn Rand

“No matter how corrupt, greedy, and heartless our government, our corporations, our media, and our religious & charitable institutions may become, the music will still be wonderful.”

May Stills Matter Government Religious Music Wonderful Media Institutions Corruption Corporations Greedy Heartless Charitable Corrupt Government

Author:Kurt Vonnegut

“Exploration was for those with a measure of peasant blood, those with big thighs and thick ankles who could take punishment as they took bread and salt, on every inch of flesh and spirit.”

Bigs Spirit Blood Flesh Punishment Bread Exploration Thick Inches Salt Peasants Thighs Ankles

Book:The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Articles, Letters, Plays & Screenplays: From the author of The Great Gatsby, The Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night, The Beautiful and Damned, The Love of the Last Tycoon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and many other notable works

Source: The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Articles, Letters, Plays & Screenplays: From the author of The Great Gatsby, The Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night, The Beautiful and Damned, The Love of the Last Tycoon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and many other notable works

“It is not necessarily poverty of spirit that makes a woman surround herself with life - it can be a superabundance of interest.”

Spirit Interest Poverty Surround Tender Is The Night

Book:F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Complete Novels (Book House)

Source: F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Complete Novels (Book House)

“She was having some difficulty piecing together exactly why she deserved to be in this place, but she wasn't stupid enough to deny that in the end life was cruel and didn't pay attention to what was fair.”

Ends Enough Together Pay Attention Stupid Fairs Difficulty Deny Pay Attention

Author:Ted Dekker

“When we did eventually get to the party - me walking next to Dad's Volvo driving at five miles an hour - I had a horrible time. Everyone laughed at first but then more or less ignored me. In a mood of defiant stuffed oliveness I did have a dance by myself but things kept crashing to the floor around me. The host asked if I would sit down. I had a go at that but it was useless. In the end I was at the gate for about an hour before Dad arrived.”