The certainty of a God giving meaning to life far surpasses in attract…

Albert Camus
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The certainty of a God giving meaning to life far surpasses in attractiveness the ability to behave badly with impunity. The choice would not be hard to make. But there is no choice and that is where the bitterness comes in. The absurd does not liberate; it binds. ✨ Albert Camus (2012). The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays, p.67, Vintage
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