Killing people is easier than it should be.” Dad put on his beret. “Staying alive is harder.

Laurie Halse Anderson
Killing people is easier than it should be.” Dad put...
Killing people is easier than it should be.” Dad put...
Killing people is easier than it should be.” Dad put...
Killing people is easier than it should be.” Dad put...
About This Quote

The phrase "killing people is easier than it should be" was famously used by the French philosopher Albert Camus in his 1942 novel The Stranger. In the book, the main character, Meursault, is sentenced to death for murder because he couldn't understand why there was any fuss over death. What's remarkable about the quote is that, though it's a fairly simple statement, it captures something essential about human nature and morality: we're all selfish and we're all murderous - but we're not all murderers.

Source: The Impossible Knife Of Memory

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