"On my way out I was even..." - Quote by Albert Camus
On my way out I was even going to shake his hand, but I remembered just in time that I'd killed a man.
More by Albert Camus
“To create today is to create dangerously. Any publication is an act, and that act exposes one to the passions of an age that forgives nothing.”
“What will be left of the power of example if it is proved that capital punishment has another power, and a very real one, which degrades men to the point of shame, madness, and murder?”
“No matter how the sun shone, the sea held forth no more promises.”
More on Guilt
“Sadly, if we are not confident about our choices, we can easily let other peoples' comments make us feel guilty and ruin the joy we need to experience in life through doing the little things that mean a lot to us.”
“All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand! Oh, oh, oh!”
“Their guilt made me eloquent because I was not its victim.”
More on Crime
“A criminal remains a criminal whether he uses a convict's suit or a monarch's crown.”
“They used to take your horse and if they were caught they got hung for it. Now they take your car, and if they are caught it's a miracle.”
“They [the Reagan Administration] want to put street criminals in jail to make life safer for the business criminals. They're against street crime, providing that street isn't Wall Street.”