“Accepting the absurdity of everything around us is one step, a necessary experience: it should not become a dead end. It arouses a revolt that can become fruitful.”

— Albert Camus

"Three Interviews" in Lyrical and Critical Essays (1970)

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French author and journalist 1913–1960

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