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When silence or tricks of language contribute to maintaining an abuse that must be reformed or a suffering that can be relieved, then there is no other solution but to speak out and show the obscenity hidden under the

When silence or tricks of language contribute to maintaining an abuse that must be reformed or a suffering that can be relieved, then there is no other solution but to speak out and show the obscenity hidden under the verbal cloak.

Albert Camus
Speaks Out, Silence, Abuse
Albert Camus (2012). “Resistance, Rebellion, and Death: Essays”, p.177, Vintage

Man stands face to face with the irrational. He feels within him his longing for happiness and for reason. The absurd is born of this confrontation between the human need and the unreasonable silence of the world.

Albert Camus
Men, Silence, Needs
Albert Camus (2012). “The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays”, p.28, Vintage

It is in the thick of calamity that one gets hardened to the truth - in other words, to silence.

Albert Camus
Silence, Calamity, Plague
ALBERT CAMUS (1971). “NOBEL PRIZE LIBRARY”

The world is never quiet, even its silence eternally resounds with the same notes, in vibrations which escape our ears. As for those that we perceive, they carry sounds to us, occasionally a chord, never a melody.

Albert Camus
Silence, Sound, Ears

After another moment's silence she mumbled that I was peculiar, that that was probably why she loved me but that one day I might disgust her for the very same reason.

Albert Camus
Love, Silence, One Day

As soon as one does not kill oneself, one must keep silent about life.

Albert Camus
Death, Suicide, Silence
Albert Camus (1963). “Carnets: 1935-1942”

I knew that I had shattered the harmony of the day, the exceptional silence of a beach where I'd been happy. Then I fired four more times at the motionless body where the bullets lodged without leaving a trace. And it was like knocking four quick times on the door of unhappiness.

Albert Camus
Beach, Doors, Silence
Albert Camus (2012). “The Stranger”, p.59, Vintage

We [Raymond and Meursault] stared at each other without blinking, and everything came to a stop there between the sea, the sand, and the sun, and the double silence of the flute and the water. It was then that I realized that you could either shoot or not shoot.

Albert Camus
Sea, Water, Silence

After a short silence the doctor raised himself a little in his chair and asked if Tarrou had an idea of the path to follow for attaining peace. "Yes, he replied. "The path of sympathy.

Albert Camus
Doctors, Ideas, Silence
ALBERT CAMUS (1971). “NOBEL PRIZE LIBRARY”

In the past, the poverty they shared had a certain sweetness about it. When the end of the day came and they would eat their dinner in silence with the oil lamp between them, there was a secret joy in such simplicity, such retrenchment.

Albert Camus
Past, Oil, Silence
Albert Camus (2012). “Happy Death”, p.15, Vintage

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