Albert Camus

3 books with highlights

Books

The Rebel

19 highlights

The Stranger

10 highlights

Featured Highlights

The act of rebellion is the declaration of the individual.

From The Rebel

To be happy, we must not be so. Happiness is the consequence of personal effort.

From The Myth of Sisyphus

The act of rebellion is the refusal to be treated as a means to an end.

From The Rebel

There is no such thing as a purely rational act.

From The Rebel

I feel like I have been living in the past.

From The Stranger

Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.

From The Rebel

Rebellion is the struggle of being human.

From The Rebel

I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world.

From The Stranger

The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.

From The Myth of Sisyphus

The desire for justice is the basis of rebellion.

From The Rebel