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At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face.
"At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face."— Albert Camus
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Meaning of this quote
An ordinary moment can suddenly expose the gap between familiar routines and a search for meaning. Camus describes a possible experience of estrangement, not a claim that everyone feels it in the same way.
Key takeaway:
Notice when a familiar routine begins to raise deeper questions.
Origin of the quote
The Myth of Sisyphus (1942), opening discussion of the feeling of absurdity.
Who actually said this?
VerifiedThe sentence occurs in the essay excerpt. The English wording is a translation of Camus's French philosophical prose.
