# Quote — Albert Camus, The Fall

> For anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the weight of days is dreadful. Hence one must choose a master, God being out of style.

- Author: [Albert Camus](https://www.leafyquotes.com/albert-camus.md)
- Book: [The Fall](https://www.leafyquotes.com/albert-camus/the-fall.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albert_Camus#The_Fall_(1956)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Topics: [freedom](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/freedom.md), [loneliness](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/loneliness.md)
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/albert-camus/the-fall/for-anyone-who

## More from this book

> Do not wait for the Last Judgment. It takes place every day. QOTD 2007·11·07 Sound file

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/albert-camus/the-fall/do-not-wait.md)

> You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer 'yes' without having asked any clear question.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/albert-camus/the-fall/you-know-what.md)

Topics: [relationships](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/relationships.md)

> The essential is to cease being free and to obey, in repentance, a greater rogue than oneself. When we are all guilty, that will be democracy.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/albert-camus/the-fall/the-essential-is-to-cease.md)

Topics: [freedom](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/freedom.md)