A Quote by Albert Camus

... here, where the gaze is stopped everywhere, the whole earth is designed so that the face turns upward and the gaze implores. Oh! I hate this world where we are reduced to God.

Albert Camus

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Designed Earth Everywhere Face Gaze God Hate I Hate Oh Reduced Stopped This World Turns Upward Whole World

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Albert Camus
French - Philosopher
November 7, 1913 - January 4, 1960

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