Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee? - Albert Camus

A nihilist is not one who believes in nothing, but one who does not believe in what exists.

Thus I progressed on the surface of life, in the realm of words as it were, never in reality. All those books barely read, those friends barely loved, those cities barely visited, those women barely possessed! I went through the gestures out of boredom or absent-mindedness. Then came the human beings, they wanted to cling, but there was nothing to cling to, and that was unfortunate – for them. As for me, I forgot. I never remembered anything but myself.

Like great works, deep feelings always mean more than they are conscious of saying.