The Stranger - Journal #7: Thesis Statement and Quotes

Thesis: Camus repeatedly uses the same phrases throughout the book to illustrate how people's daily routines keep them from trying activities in which they normally would normally not engage in.

Quotes:

• "Almost as if it [...] I didn't say anything." (116)
• "I probably did love Maman, but it didn't mean anything." (65)
• "I said yes, but it was really all the same to me." (41)
• "I did it [...] because I didn't have any reason not to please him." (32)
• "The sky was green; I felt good." (26)
• "I felt like [...] a little guilty." (20)
• "The sky was already filled with light." (15)
• "Then I dozed off again." (11)
• "I recognized next [...] right at me." (86)
• ""Do you really [...] I didn't answer." (119)

Edit: Eight more! :)

• "For the first time in a long time I thought about Maman." (122)
• "I didn't feel anything except he was beginning to annoy me." (117-118)
• "He wanted to [...] it seemed unimportant." (116)
• "For the third [...] as it is." (108)
• "But the presiding [...] took me away." (107)
• "Fumbling a little [...] of the sun." (103)
• "Being the accused [...] anything to say." (98)
• "They weren't fanning [...] saying a word." (89)
• "One again he [...] the wrong man." (87)