What really counted was the possibility of escape, a leap of freedom, out of the implacable ritual, a … - Albert Camus

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If you can break the illusion that you are separate and begin to experience the oneness of the existence, that is yoga.

Albert Camus

What really counted was the possibility of escape, a leap of freedom, out of the implacable ritual, a wild run for it that would give whatever chance for hope there was. Of course, hope meant being cut down on some street corner, as you ran like mad, by a random bullet. But when I really thought it through, nothing was going to allow me such a luxury. Everything was against it; I would just be caught up in the machinery again.

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