“Life is a useless passion.”

“L'homme est une passion inutile”

“We must act out passion before we can feel it.”

“The absurd man will not commit suicide; he wants to live, without relinquishing any of his certainty, without a future, without hope, without illusions … and without resignation either. He stares at death with passionate attention and this fascination liberates him. He experiences the “divine irresponsibility” of the condemned man.”

“I wanted the moments of my life to follow and order themselves like those of a life remembered. You might as well try and catch time by the tail.”

“Life begins on the other side of despair.”

“You are -- your life, and nothing else.”