# Quote — Albert Camus, The Rebel

> For those of us who have been thrown into hell, mysterious melodies and the torturing images of a vanished beauty will always bring us, in the midst of crime and folly, the echo of that harmonious insurrection which bears witness, throughout the centuries, to the greatness of humanity.

- Author: [Albert Camus](https://www.leafyquotes.com/albert-camus.md)
- Book: [The Rebel](https://www.leafyquotes.com/albert-camus/the-rebel.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albert_Camus#The_Rebel_(1951)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Topics: [art](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/art.md), [beauty](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/beauty.md)
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/albert-camus/the-rebel/for-those-of-us-who

## More from this book

> In the end, man is not entirely guilty — he did not start history. Nor is he wholly innocent — he continues it.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/albert-camus/the-rebel/in-the-end.md)

> Real generosity toward the future consists in giving all to the present.

p. 313 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/albert-camus/the-rebel/real-generosity-toward.md)

> With rebellion, awareness is born.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/albert-camus/the-rebel/with-rebellion-awareness.md)