Albert Camus Quotes on Love
Albert Camus was a 20th-century French philosopher, novelist, and journalist, born in French Algeria, who developed the philosophical position known as absurdism. This page collects quotes attributed to Albert Camus on the topic of love, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Albert Camus:
“In the midst of hate, I found there was, within me, an invincible love.”
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“We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love — first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage. A Happy Death (written 1938), first published as La mort heureuse (1971), as translated by Richard Howard (1972)”
Nous nous trompons toujours deux fois sur ceux que nous aimons: d'abord à leur avantage, puis à leur désavantage. -
“In Oran, as elsewhere, for want of time and thought, people have to love one another without knowing it.”
The Plague(1947) -
“No human being, even the most passionately loved and passionately loving, is ever in our possession.”
The Rebel(1951) | Part 4: Rebellion and Art -
“Let's not beat around the bush; I love life — that's my real weakness. I love it so much that I am incapable of imagining what is not life.”
The Fall(1956) -
“We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love — first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage.”
A Happy Death (written 1938), first published as La mort heureuse (1971), as translated by Richard Howard (1972) -
“Believe me, there is no such thing as great suffering, great regret, great memory...Everything is forgotten, even great love.”
A Happy Death(written 1936-38 (published in 1971, over 11 years after the author's death))