I blurted out that it was because of the sun. People laughed. My lawyer threw up his hands, and immediately after that he was given the floor.

Maar is er ook geen mysterie in de ommekeer, die zich soms in bloeiende jonge meisjes voltrekt als het huwelijk ze tot banale, grijpstuiverige huisvrouwen maakt?

Rieux was thinking it was only right that those whose desires are limited to man and his humble yet formidable love should enter, if only now and then, into their reward.

You must picture the consternation of our little town, hitherto so tranquil, and now, out of the blue, shaken to its core, like a quite healthy man who all of a sudden feels his temperature shoot up and the blood seething like wildfire in his veins.

If the actor gave his performance without knowing that he was in a play, then his tears would be real tears and his life a real life. And whenever I think of this pain and joy that rise up in me, I am carried away by the knowledge that the game I am playing is the most serious and exciting there is.

Since we're all going to die, it's obvious that when and how don't matter.

What need had I of so many efforts? The soft lines of these hills and the hand of evening on this troubled heart teach me much more.