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“It is normal to give away a little of one’s life in order not to lose it all. Six or eight hours a day so as not to die of starvation. And then — there is profit in all things . . .

“It is normal to give away a little of one’s life in order not to lose it all. Six or eight hours a day so as not to die of starvation. And then — there is profit in all things for those who seek it.”

Albert Camus, Notebooks, 1935-1942

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