Accepting Quote by Albert Camus

“Accept life, take it as it is? Stupid. The means of doing otherwise? Far from our having to take it, it is life that possesses us and on occasion shuts our mouths.”

Albert Camus

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Accepting Life Mean Mouths Occasions Stupid

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