→ Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.
→ More and more, when faced with the world of men, the only reaction is one of individualism. Man alone is an end unto himself. Everything one tries to do for the common good ends in failure.
→ The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.
→ But you know I feel more fellowship with the defeated than with saints. Heroism and sanctity don't really appeal to me. What interests me is being a man.