Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable. - Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

"What is called a reason for living is also an excellent reason for dying."

"Man is always prey to his truths. Once he has admitted them, he cannot free himself from them."

"A man wants to earn money in order to be happy, and his whole effort and the best of a life are devoted to the earning of that money. Happiness is forgotten; the means are taken for the end."

"What is called a reason for living is also an excellent reason for dying."

"Beginning to think is beginning to be undermined. Society has but little connection with such beginnings. The worm is in man's heart. That is where it must be sought. One must follow and understand this fatal game that leads from lucidity in the face of existence to flight from light."