The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth. - Albert Camus

All systems of morality are based on the idea that an action has consequences that legitimize or cancel it. A mind imbued with the absurd merely judges that those consequences must be considered calmly. It is ready to pay up. In other words, there may be responsible persons, but there are no guilty ones, in its opinion. At very most, such a mind will consent to use past experience as a basis for its future actions.

Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present.

I would like to be able to breathe — to be able to love her by memory or fidelity. But my heart aches. I love you continuously, intensely.