Ah! My dear, loving, dark-haired woman, my beach, I’m thinking of the moment when we will surrender to each other. It’s only with you that I feel liberated, understood, validated. Yes, I love you, and I curse the days that keep us apart. The sun, the sea, you in my arms, my lips on you, yes, that’s what living is, and it’s an immense cup of joy that we will drink all at once. Afterwards, however hard the solitude, the waiting, at least we will have experienced that.
Albert Camus to Maria Casarès, Mon Cher Amour, April 29, 1950 [#294]




















