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I may not have been sure about what really did interest me, but I was absolutely sure about what didn’t.
"I may not have been sure about what really did interest me, but I was absolutely sure about what didn’t."— Albert Camus
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Meaning of this quote
Meursault contrasts uncertainty about his interests with certainty about what does not matter to him.
Key takeaway:
Read this self-description within the novel’s final confrontation.
Origin of the quote
The Stranger, Part II, Chapter V, Matthew Ward translation
Who actually said this?
VerifiedThese are the narrator Meursault’s fictional reflections.
