"I conceived at least one great love..." - Quote by Albert Camus
I conceived at least one great love in my life, of which I was always the object.
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“Men are convinced of your arguments, your sincerity, and the seriousness of your efforts only by your death.”
“There are some individuals who have too strong a craving, a will, and a nostalgia for happiness ever to reach it. They always retain a bitter and passionate aftertaste, and that's the best they can hope for.”
“You will always win if you make an effort, no matter how much. However, if you failed it means you were too lazy.”
More on Self Love
“I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others like me, if I do that well enough, then I'll be able to look after someone else -- the children or the husband or the elderly. But I have to look after myself first. I know that some people think that's being selfish, I think that's being self-full.”
“We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.”
“I cannot love anyone if I hate myself. That is the reason why we feel so extremely uncomfortable in the presence of people who are noted for their special virtuousness, for they radiate an atmosphere of the torture they inflict on themselves. That is not a virtue but a vice.”
More on Love
“Life is the flower for which love is the honey.”
“...of two simple men I saw today on the pier in the midst of the crowd, parting the parting of dear friends, the one to remain hung on the other's neck and passionately kissed him. While the one to depart tightly pressed the one to remain in his arms.”
“I kiss you and kiss you, With arms around my own, Ah, how shall I miss you, When, dear, you have grown.”