I realized then that a man who had lived only one day could easily live for a hundred years in prison. He would have enough memories to keep him from… - Albert Camus

Every rebellion implies some kind of unity.

A novel is never anything but a philosophy put into images. And in a good novel, the whole of the philosophy has passed into the images. But if once the philosophy overflows the characters and action, and therefore looks like a label stuck on the work, the plot loses its authenticity and the novel its life. Nevertheless, a work that is to last cannot dispense with profound ideas. And this secret fusion between experiences and ideas, between life and reflection on the meaning of life, is what makes the great novelist.

Real generosity toward the future consists in giving all to the present.