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Albert Camus quotes

1913–1960 · French-Algerian writer, Nobel laureate 1957

Camus wrote about the absurd — a world that doesn't explain itself — and decided we should live fully anyway.

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2 quotes traced to Albert Camus's own work or a reliable witness.

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One must imagine Sisyphus happy.
Source: The Myth of Sisyphus (1942)
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In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.
Source: "Return to Tipasa" (1952)

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1 famous lines credited to Albert Camus that are misquoted, unsourced or belong to someone else.

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Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

Actually: Not found in Camus' works; it is an old camp and scouting saying.