The Stranger (Vintage International)

One needn’t be particularly faint of heart to be easily persuaded of the impossibility of ever finishing the petition. Not because of laziness or deceit, the only things that kept the lawyer from finishing, but because without knowing the nature of the charge and all its possible ramifications, his entire life, down to the smallest actions and even

So, your life goes, getting up (Alive or dead?), drinking coffee (Alive or dead?), driving to work (Alive or dead?), watching a movie (Alive or dead?). You can also carry the teacher’s response, “I’m not saying! I’m not saying!” discovering what you lose when you do say, and the invitation in “I won’t say, I won’t say.”

vous trouvez qu'il est fou ? Qu'il doit être interné, parce qu'il ne veut plus avoir rien, rien de commun avec vous, avec vos savants, avec vos polices, avec vos mitraillettes – avec tout ça ? Croyez-moi, il y a beaucoup de gens comme lui, aujourd'hui. Ils n'ont sans doute pas le courage de faire ce qu'il faut, parce qu'ils sont trop veules et trop

“And you don’t allow for feelings, then?” She interrupted me, saying that I didn’t understand. I said that I understood very well. I asked her if she didn’t make any allowances, even for love. “What does that have to do with it?” she objected. “Do you think what you have is love? This poverty, this exhausting yourself, this giving up everything, th