"The world in which we were called to exist was an absurd world, and there was no other in which we could take refuge."

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Albert Camus

#World Quotes #Absurd Quotes #Refuge Quotes

“Don't you love it that Prince doesn't use Twitter? Don't you think he's somewhere on a unicorn?”
“Donâ€™t give people what they want, give them what they need.”
“You must convince your heart that whatever Allah has decreed is most appropriate and most beneficial for you.”
“Ah, Evelyn and Vivian, I love you both, I love you for your sad lives, the empty misery of your coming home at dawn. You too are alone, but you are not like Arturo Bandini, who is neither fish, fowl nor good red herring. So have your champagne, because I love you both, and you too, Vivian, even if your mouth looks like it had been dug out with raw fingernails and your old child's eyes swim in blood written like mad sonnets.”

Source : John Fante (2002). “Ask The Dust”, p.89, Canongate Books
“You know, a lot of things changed. What never changed is the illusion to keep playing tennis, the illusion to keep doing well the things, and the illusion to be in a good position of the ranking and play these kind of matches.”
“Forgiveness is the divinest of victories.”
“So many people aren't ready for Hollywood - professionally or practically.”
“At the [teenage] time , I did have an inkling of my sexuality. And I had an inkling that I was different from other people in ways beyond my sexuality. But I didn't get into music because I thought, Oh, these people will understand me.”

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