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Notebooks: 1951 - 1959

The first two volumes of his Notebooks began as simple instruments of his work; this final volume, recorded over the last nine years of his life, take on the characteristics of a more personal diary. Fearing that his memory was beginning to fail him, Camu

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“Get scared. It will do you good. Smoke a bit, stare blankly at some ceilings, beat your head against some walls, refuse to see some people, paint and write. Get scared some more. Allow your little mind to do nothing but function. Stay inside, go out - I don’t care what you’ll do; but stay scared as…”

— Albert Camus, amazon.com

Tagged: Encouragement, Passion, Do What You Love, Reflection, Art

“The tragedy is not that we are alone, but that we cannot be. At times I would give anything in the world to no longer be connected by anything to this universe of men.”

— Albert Camus, amazon.com

Tagged: Alone, Solitude, humanity, Outcast, Desire

“I’m going to tell you something: thoughts are never honest. Emotions are.”

— Albert Camus, amazon.com

Tagged: Thoughts, emotions

“Do not be afraid of spending quality time by yourself.”

— Albert Camus, amazon.com

Tagged: Solitude, Me Time, Quality Time

“Find meaning. Distinguish melancholy from sadness. Go out for a walk. It doesn’t have to be a romantic walk in the park, spring at its most spectacular moment, flowers and smells and outstanding poetical imagery smoothly transferring you into another world. It doesn’t have to be a walk during which…”

— Albert Camus, goodreads.com

Tagged: An Introverted Mind