“Knowing that certain nights whose sweetness lingers will keep returning to the earth and sea after we are gone, yes, this helps us to die.”
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- Wikiquote: Albert Camus
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"The Sea Close By" in Lyrical and Critical Essays (1970)
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Camus, Albert. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Albert Camus. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albert_Camus
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