Do not be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You do not have to live forever; you just have to live. Your children will die around 30 years after you, and your grandchildren another 30 years after that. 60 years. After that you will be forgotten. All the things you did in your life ...
1960-01-04 Villeblevin, France / Response to the Absurd / Antwort auf das Absurde / Resposta ao Absurdo / Respuesta al Absurdo
Camus died on 4 January 1960 at the age of 46, in a car accident near Sens, in Le Grand Fossard in the small town of Villeblevin. In his coat pocket was an unused train ticket. He had planned to travel by train with his wife and children, but at the last minute he accepted his publisher's proposal ...