I know of only one duty, and that is to love.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of love as a fundamental duty in life.
In this quote, Albert Camus expresses the idea that love is the ultimate responsibility one has in life. He suggests that beyond all other obligations, the imperative to love is paramount, indicating that love is an essential component of human existence and relationships.
In practice
In a speech about the importance of compassion and care in human relationships.
The Poor Man whom everyone speaks of, the Poor Man whom everyone pities, one of the repulsive Poor from whom charitable souls keep their distance, he has still said nothing. Or, rather, he has spoken through the voice of Victor Hugo, Zola, Richepin. At least, they said so. And these shameful impostures fed their authors. Cruel irony, the Poor Man tormented with hunger feeds those who plead his case.
The certainty of a God giving meaning to life far surpasses in attractiveness the ability to behave badly with impunity. The choice would not be hard to make. But there is no choice and that is where the bitterness comes in. The absurd does not liberate; it binds.
Between history and the eternal I have chosen history because I like certainties. Of it, at least, I am certain, and how can I deny this force crushing me.
Don't wait for the last judgment - it takes place every day.
A single sentence will suffice for modern man. He fornicated and read the papers. After that vigorous definition, the subject will be, if I may say so, exhausted.
At times I feel myself overtaken by an immense tenderness for these people around me who live in the same century.
She laughed enough to migrate an entire flock of birds. That was how she said yes
I tried to keep myself away from him by using con words like "fidelity" and "adultery", by telling myself that he would interfere with my work, that I had him I'd be too happy to write. I tried to tell myself I was hurting Bennett, hurting myself, making a spectacle of myself. I was. But nothing helped. I was possessed. The minute he walked into a room and smiled at me, I was a goner.
Romances paint at full length people's wooing. But only give a bust of marriages.
Write me of hope and love, and hearts that endured.
Passion is the energy that love creates with no object other than itself.
Alas, their love may be call'd appetite. No motion of the liver, but the palate
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