Mersault's Quotes

#1. 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

#2. 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

#3. What I stand for is what I stand on.

Wendell Berry

#4. Yeah, this is the psycho's handiwork, but he could've done this just for the jollies. You sure he knows we're coming?

Julie Kagawa

#5. I have a journal of everything I've ever climbed since 2005. For the entry about free soloing Half Dome, I put a frowny face and added some little notes about what I should have done better, and then underlined it. Turns out that is one of my biggest climbing achievements.

Alex Honnold

#6. 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

#7. If I could learn to treat triumph and disaster the same, then I would find bliss.

Kathie Lee Gifford

#8. While there have been terrific advances in the state of technology around heuristics, behavior blocking, and things like that, technology is only a part of the approach to solving the problem with the more important aspect involving putting the right process in place.

John W. Thompson

#9. Your soldiers will come to our lands, but your novelists won't. The unmanned drone hovering over Pakistan, controlled by someone in Langley, is an apt metaphor for America's imaginative engagement with my nation.

Kamila Shamsie

#10. I fully intend to preach the word of God to you until there's a difference between how you walk out of here and how you walked in here.

T.D. Jakes

#11. I miss my brother. Prince was a funny cat. Great sence of humor.

Spike Lee

#12. There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth.

Charles Dickens

#13. I think we could have done a lot more great music, so I was disappointed that we didn't continue making records and touring, but it's hard to argue with 10 good years.

Jerry Harrison

#14. My Master had power and law on his side; I had a determined will. There is might in each.

Harriet Jacobs

#15. In the modern world there was so much safety that safety had become the chief source of danger.

Jeanette Winterson