I longed to be forgotten in order to be able to complain to myself. ✨ …

Albert Camus
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I longed to be forgotten in order to be able to complain to myself. ✨ Albert Camus (2012). The Fall, p.85, Vintage
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Je puis nier une chose sans me croire obligé de la salir ou de retirer aux autres le droit d'y croire. ✨ Albert Camus, Jacqueline Lévi-Valensi (2006). Œuvres complètes
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I would rather not have upset him, but I couldn't see any reason to change my life. Looking back on it, I wasn't unhappy. When I was a student, I had lots of ambitions like that. But when I had to gi … ▶

I longed to be forgotten in order to be able to complain to myself. ✨ Albert Camus (2012). The Fall, p.85, Vintage

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