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I realized then that a man who had lived only one day could easily live for a hundred years in prison. He would have enough memories to keep him from being bored
"I realized then that a man who had lived only one day could easily live for a hundred years in prison. He would have enough memories to keep him from being bored"— Albert Camus
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Meaning of this quote
Meursault discovers that close attention to memories can fill otherwise empty time. The passage describes adaptation to imprisonment through recollection.
Key takeaway:
Notice the depth of experience stored in ordinary memories.
Origin of the quote
The Stranger (1942), Part II, Chapter II, Matthew Ward translation (1988).
Who actually said this?
VerifiedThe English passage appears in Ward’s translation. It is the fictional narrator’s reflection, not Camus’s autobiographical prison experience.
