This very heart which is mine will forever remain indefinable to me. B…

Albert Camus
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This very heart which is mine will forever remain indefinable to me. Between the certainty I have of my existence and the content I try to give to that assurance, the gap will never be filled. Forever I shall be a stranger to myself. ✨ Albert Camus (2012). The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays, p.19, Vintage
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