“The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.”

— Albert Camus · Wisdom quote

Writer · 1913 – 1960

French-Algerian writer and philosopher, author of The Stranger; Nobel Prize in Literature 1957.

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All men have a sweetness in their life. That is what helps them go on. It is towards that they turn when they feel too worn out.

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.

What is a rebel? A man who says no.

Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.

Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.

You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.