"Absurd, irreducible; nothing--not even a profound and secret delirium of nature--could explain [a tree root]."

"The absurd man will not commit suicide; he wants to live, without relinquishing any of his certainty, without a future, without hope, without illusions … and without resignation either."

"The world is not a friendly place."

"To be ashamed is to be aware of the fact that I am myself the being by whom the world is revealed."

"To be is to choose oneself."