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Quotes from The Stranger — Albert Camus

1913–1960 France

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10 quotes

I may not have been sure about what really did interest me, but I was absolutely sure about what didn't.

The Stranger (1942)

Everybody was privileged. There were only privileged people.

The Stranger (1942)

Maman used to say that you can always find something to be happy about.

The Stranger (1942)

Since we're all going to die, it's obvious that when and how don't matter.

The Stranger (1942)

Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday; I can't be sure.

The Stranger (1942)

It was as if I had waited all this time for this moment and for the first light of this dawn to be vindicated.

The Stranger (1942)

I had only a little time left and I didn't want to waste it on God.

The Stranger (1942)

I hope the dogs don't bark tonight. I always think it's mine.

The Stranger (1942)

I was assailed by memories of a life that wasn't mine anymore, but one in which I'd found the simplest and most lasting joys.

The Stranger (1942)

As if the blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; for the first time, in that night alive with signs and stars, I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world.

The Stranger (1942)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Albert Camus (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.