Live to the point of tears.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Embrace life with such intensity that you feel deeply.
- In plain terms
- Feel life fully and passionately.
- What can you take from it?
- Seek emotional depth in living.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What does living intensely look like?
- Are you feeling enough?
Another view
Intensity can lead to exhaustion.
More from Albert Camus
Life is this dichotomy itself, the mind soaring over volcanoes of light, the madness of justice, the extenuating intransigence of moderation.
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