Quote of the day, Albert Camus

The quote of the day by Albert Camus, Existentialist absurdist philosopher and author who became the youngest nobel price winner in literature ever.

Knowing that certain nights whose sweetness lingers will keep returning to the earth and sea after we are gone, yes, this helps us to die. "The Sea Close By" in Lyrical and Critical Essays (1970)

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[InvincibleNumanist]

Camus > Sartre

[Eopyk]

@InvincibleNumanist I agree ;)

[thereforeithought]

Fucked up. I'd rather think about life.

[Eopyk]

@thereforeithought Well it is not an anti-life quote.

[thereforeithought]

@Eopyk Is this the same guy who wrote the plague, because he's negative.

[ScreamsFromTheAbyss]

Thumbed up and favourited of course! :-)

"At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face." - another one of this wonderful man's quotes, and oh so true........I have felt it many times when out amongst the crowds.

[hallowbe]

I love the eerie timbre of your voice.

[thethegreenmachine]

I wish I knew that. I think those nights are numbered.

[CappitranoBellephant]

Never heard of this guy before.

[vita9n]

I recall finishing that splendid book on the day that Phil Och's died and when I was undergoing a difficult divorce. A flood of deep and sad sorrow became my abode. . . .

Thank You Gentle. . .One