"How many crimes are permitted simply because..." - Quote by Albert Camus

“Realism should only be the means of expression of religious genius... or, at the other extreme, the artistic expressions of monkeys which are quite satisfied with mere imitation. In fact, art is never realistic though sometimes it is tempted to be. To be really realistic a description would have to be endless.”

“At that moment he knew what his mother was thinking, and that she loved him. But he knew, too, that to love someone means relatively little; or, rather, that love is never strong enough to find the words befitting it. Thus he and his mother would always love each other silently. And one day she--or he--would die, without ever, all their lives long, having gone farther than this by way of making their affection known.”

“The world is unimportant and whoever recognizes this conquers his liberty.”

“He that is proud eats up himself: pride is his own glass, his own trumpet, his own chronicle.”

“Nothing ought more to humiliate men who have merited great praise than the care they still take to boast of little things.”

“My grandfather was smart and had a whole lot of pride. He didn't speak a terrible amount, but you could tell there was a ton on his mind - like a quiet acceptance of how life had turned out.”

“Glory grows guilty of detested crimes.”

“History is but the record of crimes and misfortunes. L'histoire n'est que le tableau des crimes et des malheurs”

“The advocates of a criminal are seldom artists enough to turn the beautiful terribleness of the deed to the advantage of the doer.”