
The Plague

Only the sea, murmurous behind the dingy checkerboard of houses, told of the unrest, the precariousness, of all things in this world.
Albert Camus • The Plague
the sounds of mild activity characteristic of the hour; a drone rather than a bustling, the noises of a happy town, in short, if it’s possible to be at once so dull and happy.
Albert Camus • The Plague
Like Cottard he felt a need for friendly contacts, human warmth.
Albert Camus • The Plague
What’s important is for you to go out a bit. It’s a mistake staying indoors too much.”
Albert Camus • The Plague
some stir in Algiers. A young commercial employee had killed an Algerian on a beach.
Albert Camus • The Plague
he’d feel still better if only he could be sure of being left in peace. Rieux remarked that one couldn’t always be alone.
Albert Camus • The Plague
There lay certitude; there, in the daily round. All the rest hung on mere threads and trivial contingencies; you couldn’t waste your time on it. The thing was to do your job as it should be done.
Albert Camus • The Plague
“The important thing,” Castel replied, “isn’t the soundness or otherwise of the argument, but for it to make you think.”
Albert Camus • The Plague
You must picture the consternation of our little town, hitherto so tranquil, and now, out of the blue, shaken to its core, like a quite healthy man who all of a sudden feels his temperature shoot up and the blood seething like wildfire in his veins.