When love ceases to be tragic it is something else and the individual …

Albert Camus
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When love ceases to be tragic it is something else and the individual again throws himself in search of tragedy. ✨ Albert Camus (2008). Notebooks, 1951-1959, Ivan R Dee
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When love ceases to be tragic it is something else and the individual again throws himself in search of tragedy. ✨ Albert Camus (2008). Notebooks, 1951-1959, Ivan R Dee

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