Albert Camus Quotes


…. Query: How contrive not to waste one's time? Answer: By being fully aware of it all the while. Ways in which this can be done: By spending one's days on an uneasy chair in a dentist's waiting-room; by remaining on one's balcony all of a Sunday afternoon; by listening to lectures in a language on doesn't know; by traveling by the longest and least-convenient train routes, and of course standing all the way; by lining up at the box-office of theaters and then not buying a seat; and so forth.


Citations

Camus, Albert. The Plague. Translated by Stuart Gilbert, Vintage Books, 1991, p. 24.

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Albert Camus
Albert Camus
  • Born: November 7, 1913
  • Died: January 4, 1960
  • Nationality: French
  • Profession: Philosopher

Albert Camus was a French philosopher, author, and journalist. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 44 in 1957, the second-youngest recipient in history. His works include The Stranger, The Plague, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Fall, and The Rebel.