wanting something else

If life can be sinned against at all,

it is not so much by despairing of it

as by pinning one’s hopes on another life

and sidestepping the unforgiving grandeur of this one

[S’il y a un péché contre la vie, ce n’est peut-être pas tant d’en désespérer que d’espérer une autre vie et de se dérober à l’implacable grandeur de celle-ci.]

Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus

One thought on “wanting something else

  1. “sidestepping the unforgiving grandeur of this one”

    now there’s a phrase to stop one in ones tracks

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