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Albert Camus
1913 – 1960 · French-Algerian Novelist, Philosopher
Camus grew up fatherless and poor in colonial Algeria, contracted tuberculosis as a teenager, and went on to win the Nobel Prize in Literature at forty-four. He argued that life is absurd, and that the proper response is not despair but revolt.
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APX-VI-0009“I'm finally doing the thing I said I would do for years.”APX-VI-0011“I built something from scratch and it's actually working.”APX-VI-0012“I keep starting things and abandoning them before they matter.”CTL-VII-0001“I'm obsessing over something I can't control.”DTH-X-0003“I'm scared of dying.”VER-XV-0007“I shared misinformation and didn't realize it until it was too late.”CTL-VIII-0028“The grief still comes in waves but I've learned to turn it into honoring them.”DTH-XII-0037“I built wealth for my kids and now I see it might just divide them.”CTL-VII-0058“Nothing big happened today and I felt flooded with gratitude for the plain whole of it.”DTH-X-0076“I spent an afternoon doing absolutely nothing and didn't feel guilty for once.”