I looked up at the mass of signs and stars in the night sky and laid m…

Albert Camus
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I looked up at the mass of signs and stars in the night sky and laid myself open for the first time to the benign indifference of the world.
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I looked up at the mass of signs and stars in the night sky and laid myself open for the first time to the benign indifference of the world.

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