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Albert Camus Quotes: We call love what binds us to certain creatures only by reference to a collective way of seeing for which books and legends are responsible.
         

We call love what binds us to certain creatures only by reference to a collective way of seeing for which books and legends are responsible.


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Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?



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I know of only one duty, and that is to love.



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You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.



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