My dear, In the midst of hate, I found there was, within me, an invincible love. In the midst of tears, I found there was, within me, an invincible s… - Albert Camus

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.

And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.

If the only significant history of human thought were to be written, it would have to be the history of its successive regrets and its impotences.

Perhaps we cannot prevent this world from being a world in which children are tortured. But we can reduce the number of tortured children. And if you don't help us, who else in the world can help us do this?

I feel like getting married, or committing suicide, or subscribing to L'Illustration. Something desperate, you know.