Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be…

Albert Camus
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Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal. ✨ Albert Camus (1965). Notebooks, 1942-1951
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Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal. ✨ Albert Camus (1965). Notebooks, 1942-1951

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