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If only nature is real and if, in nature, only desire and destruction are legitimate, then, in that all humanity does not suffice to assuage the thirst for blood, the path of destruction must lead to universal annihilation.

Albert Camus

Albert Camus (1913–1960), French-Algerian philosopher, author. "The Sons of Cain," pt. 2, The Rebel (1951, trans. 1953).

Discussing the philosophy of the Marquis de Sade.

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