Mersault Quotes

#1. Today, in the face of abjection and solitude, his heart said: 'No'. And in the great distress that washed over him, Mersault realised that his rebellion was the only authentic thing in him, and that everything elsewhere was misery and submission".

Albert Camus

#2. But a man's beauty represents inner, functional truths: his face shows what he can do. And what is that compared to the magnificent uselessness of a woman's face? Mersault was aware of this now, delighting in his vanity and smiling at his secret demons.

Albert Camus

#3. This was the second time the doctor had glimpsed something of Mersault's life; they had never confided in each other, Mersault conscious that Bernard was not a happy man, and Bernard rather baffled by Mersault's way of life. They parted without a word.

Albert Camus

#4. I kept listening to albums where I'd hear this very joyful sound - and it was always the glockenspiel. Then I ordered one online, and I figured out how to play it.

Rachel Boston

#5. Questions are dangerous territory for us.

Jessi Kirby

#6. We live in a world of disposable memory, nothing's built to last, not even shame.

Dennis Lehane

#7. Our eyes reflect light. Better that the lips are more like a rose petal.

Olivier Theyskens

#8. Isn't it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back everything is different?

C.S. Lewis

#9. It is a curious fact about British Islanders, who hate drill and have not been invaded for nearly a thousand years, that as danger comes nearer and grows they become progressively less nervous; when it is imminent the are fierce, when it is mortal they are fearless.

Winston Churchill

#10. It is painful for the plant which is myself to live in the atmosphere and light of this world. Somewhere an element is lacking which would permit me to continue.

Osamu Dazai

#11. If you ever meet a higher being, do not worship it; only try to be its friend! Worship is primitiveness and no higher and developed being likes worshipping!

Mehmet Murat Ildan