“The tragedy is not that we are alone, but that we cannot be. At times I would give anything in the world to no longer be connected by anything to this universe of men. But I am a part of this universe, and the most courageous thing to do is to accept it and the tragedy at the same time.”
— Albert Camus, from Notebooks 1951-1959
(Ivan R. Dee Publisher, 2008;
first published 1989)
