Albert Camus Faces Quotations

Every great work makes the human face more admirable and richer, and that is its whole secret.

At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face.

Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny.

No code of ethics and no effort are justifiable a priori in the face of the cruel mathematics that command our condition.

Friendship is not so simple. It is hard to get and takes a long time, but when one ha it one cannot get rid of it, one has to face it.

Every minute of life carries with it its miraculous value, and its face of eternal youth.

I was tormented by my desire for a woman ... I thought so much about a woman, about women, about all the ones I had known, about all the circumstances in which I had enjoyed them, that my cell would be filled with their faces and crowded with my desires.

Always there comes an hour when one is weary of one's work and devotion to duty, and all one craves for is a loved face, the warmth and wonder of a loving heart.

When I see a new face, something sets off an alarm bell inside me. 'slow down! Danger!' Even when the attraction is strongest, I am on my guard.

When you have once seen the glow of happiness on the face of a belovedperson, you know that a man can have no vocation but to awaken thatlight on the faces surrounding him; and you are torn by the thought ofthe unhappiness and night you cast, by the mere fact of living, in thehearts you encounter.