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“But a man's beauty represents inner, functional truths: his face shows what he can do. And what is that compared to the magnificent uselessness of a woman's face? Mersault was aware of this now, de...”
“Beyond the curve of his days he glimpsed neither superhuman happiness nor eternity--happiness was human, eternity ordinary.”
“...he was conscious of the disastrous fact that love and desire must be expressed in the same way...”
“Their pleasures are fierce and their sleep impenetrable. And they know that the body has a soul in which the soul has no part.”
“Healthy people have a natural skill of avoiding feverish eyes.”
“Independence is earned by a few words of cheap confidence”
“There is something divine in mindless beauty.”
“You see, Mersualt, all the misery and cruelty of our civilisation can be measured by this one stupid axiom: happy nations have no history.”
