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Understood Quotes by Albert Camus
- Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being forgotten, mocked or used. As for being understood - never.
- If we understood the enigmas of life there would be no need for art.
- One might think, that a period which, within fifty years, uproots, enslaves or kills seventy million human beings, should only, and forthwith, be condemned. But…
- Ah cher ami, how poor in invention men are! They are They always think one commits suicide for a reason. But it's quite possible to…
- I hadn't understood how days could be both long and short at the same time: long to live through, maybe, but so drawn out that…
- maybe she had become tired of being the girlfriend of a condemned man. It also occured to me that maybe she was sick, or dead.…
- For the first time in a long time I thought about Maman. I felt as if I understood why at the end of her life…
- But it's not easy. I've been thinking it over for years. While we loved each other we didn't need words to make ourselves understood. But…
- I laugh when I think that all of Rome made it a point not to pronounce Drusilla's name.Because Rome was mistaken for all those years.…
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- I don't want to convert people to Buddhism — all major religions, when understood properly, have the same potential for good. — Dalai Lama
- I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their own. — Margaret Atwood
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- I wasn't funny as a kid. I remember enjoying comedians, but I never understood it was a job choice or a profession. — Elayne Boosler
- People never understood that there was Brian and The Boz. They were two completely different people. — Brian Bosworth