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A review by mtomchek
A Happy Death by Albert Camus
4.0
"We don't have time to be ourselves. We only have time to be happy."
"...we use up our lives making money, when we should be using our money to gain time."
"'Don't take anything seriously except happiness.'"
"From the starry night and the city that was like a spilled sky, swollen with human lights under the warm, deep breeze that rose from the harbor."
"And with pain and joy, their hearts learned to hear that double lesson which leads to a happy death."
"Find your happiness in yourself."
"'Believe me, there is no such thing as great suffering, great regret, great memory...Everything is forgotten, even a great love. That's what's sad about life, and also what's wonderful about it. There is only a way of looking at things, a way that comes to you every once in a while. That's why it's good to have had love in your life after all, to have had an unhappy passion - it gives you an alibi for the vague despairs we all suffer from.'"
"What mattered was to humble himself, to organize his heart to match the rhythm of the days instead of submitting their rhythm to the curve of human hopes."
"...the day split open like ripe fruit and trickled down the face of the world, a warm and choking juice in a sudden concert of cicadas. The sea was covered with this golden juice, a sheet of oil upon the water, and gave back to the sun-crushed earth a warm, softening breath which released odors of wormwood, rosemary, and hot stone."
Actually his first novel, Albert Camus writes this existential story about Patrice Mersault and his journey trying to understand happiness, life, and death. A Happy Death was deep, mundane, true, real, raw and beautifully written. I love Albert Camus, he speaks words so real and I love his scenery, traveling around Algeria, the Mediterranean Sea, and Europe. Life is not about money, nor getting something - we must live life understanding that death is near, and embrace the happiness we have. A book to re-read in the future, indeed.
"...we use up our lives making money, when we should be using our money to gain time."
"'Don't take anything seriously except happiness.'"
"From the starry night and the city that was like a spilled sky, swollen with human lights under the warm, deep breeze that rose from the harbor."
"And with pain and joy, their hearts learned to hear that double lesson which leads to a happy death."
"Find your happiness in yourself."
"'Believe me, there is no such thing as great suffering, great regret, great memory...Everything is forgotten, even a great love. That's what's sad about life, and also what's wonderful about it. There is only a way of looking at things, a way that comes to you every once in a while. That's why it's good to have had love in your life after all, to have had an unhappy passion - it gives you an alibi for the vague despairs we all suffer from.'"
"What mattered was to humble himself, to organize his heart to match the rhythm of the days instead of submitting their rhythm to the curve of human hopes."
"...the day split open like ripe fruit and trickled down the face of the world, a warm and choking juice in a sudden concert of cicadas. The sea was covered with this golden juice, a sheet of oil upon the water, and gave back to the sun-crushed earth a warm, softening breath which released odors of wormwood, rosemary, and hot stone."
Actually his first novel, Albert Camus writes this existential story about Patrice Mersault and his journey trying to understand happiness, life, and death. A Happy Death was deep, mundane, true, real, raw and beautifully written. I love Albert Camus, he speaks words so real and I love his scenery, traveling around Algeria, the Mediterranean Sea, and Europe. Life is not about money, nor getting something - we must live life understanding that death is near, and embrace the happiness we have. A book to re-read in the future, indeed.