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“Marriage for love is the beautifulest external symbol of the union of souls, marriage without it is the uncleanliest traffic that defiles the world.”
― The Story of an African Farm
― The Story of an African Farm
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“By writing books, a man turns into a universe.”
― The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
― The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
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“Wasn't that what religions did? Squint at one another and declare, 'My unprovable belief is better than your unprovable belief. Suck it.”
― Dreams of Gods & Monsters
― Dreams of Gods & Monsters
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“We must all know that each mediocrity, each surrender, each act of complacency will harm us as much as the enemy's rifles.”
― Camus at Combat: Writing 1944-1947
― Camus at Combat: Writing 1944-1947
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“Sometimes a beautiful face is false advertising.”
― Making Faces
― Making Faces
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