Fiction Quotes
If something is going to happen to me, I want to be there.
"If something is going to happen to me, I want to be there."— Albert Camus
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Meaning of this quote
Meursault expresses a desire to remain conscious of what happens to him rather than be absent from his own experience. The line has a specific context involving his impending execution and is more serious than a general mindfulness slogan.
Key takeaway:
Understand this line through Meursault's confrontation with mortality.
Origin of the quote
Albert Camus's The Stranger (1942), Part II, Chapter 5. The cited reference locates the wording on page 113 of a 1989 Vintage edition.
Who actually said this?
VerifiedA traceable novel passage is identified. The speaker is the fictional narrator Meursault, and the English sentence is translated from French.
