"My soul’s a burden to me, I’ve had enough of it. I’m eager to be in that country, where the sun kills every question. I don’t belong here.

Against eternal injustice, man must assert justice, and to protest against the universe of grief, he must create happiness.
~ Albert Camus ~












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