In that night alive with signs and stars, I opened myself to the gentl…

Albert Camus
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In that night alive with signs and stars, I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world. Finding it so much like myself--like a brother, really--I felt that I had been happy and that I was happy again. ✨ Albert Camus (2002). The Stranger, Spark Notes
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In that night alive with signs and stars, I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world. Finding it so much like myself--like a brother, really--I felt that I had been happy and that I was happy again. ✨ Albert Camus (2002). The Stranger, Spark Notes

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