Quote by Albert Camus: “Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.”

True companionship is not about hierarchy or leadership — it is about choosing to move through life alongside someone as an equal. This is not a quote to include: it exceeds the 20-word limit and is frequently misattributed to Camus without clear primary source evidence.

Placeholder entry — excluded.

French-Algerian novelist, philosopher, and Nobel laureate who developed the philosophy of absurdism — the idea that humans must confront a universe that offers no inherent meaning. His novel The Stranger and essay The Myth of Sisyphus are among the defining works of twentieth-century thought.