Albert Camus Able Quotations

Conscious of not being able to separate myself from my time, I have decided to become part of it.

I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice.

I have never been able to renounce the light, the pleasure of being, and the freedom in which I grew up.

Beware of those who say: "I know this too well to be able to express it." For if they cannot do so, this is because they don't know it or because out of laziness they stopped at the outer crust.

I longed to be forgotten in order to be able to complain to myself.

Do not be surprised. I do not like writers and I cannot stand their lies. They speak so as not to listen to themselves speak. If they did listen, they would know that they are nothing and then they would no longer be able to speak.

Modern conquerors can kill, but do not seem to be able to create. Artists know how to create but cannot really kill. Murderers are only very exceptionally found among artists.

We can't do without dominating others or being served.... The essential thing, in sum, is being able to get angry without the other person being able to answer back.