But in the end one needs more courage to live than to kill h... - Albert Camus

"There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy. All the rest — whether or not the world has three dimensions, whether the mind has nine or twelve categories — comes afterwards. These are games; one must first answer."

"Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?"

"The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself."

"You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life."

"What made me run away was doubtless not so much the fear of settling down, but of settling down permanently in something ugly."