More from Milan Kundera

  1. Two people in love, alone, isolated from the world, that's very beautiful. But what would they nourish their intimate talk with? However co…
  2. Pain doesn't listen to reason, it has it's own reason, which is not reasonable.
  3. Today we're all alike, all of us bound together by our shared apathy toward work. That very apathy has become a passion. The one great coll…
  4. He felt as if she no longer existed for him, had gone off somewhere, into some other life where, if he should meet her, he would no longer …
  5. You can't measure the mutual affection of two human beings by the number of words they exchange.
  6. As you live out your desolation, you can be either unhappy or happy. Having that choice is what constitutes your freedom.
  7. The eye... the point where a person's identity is concentrated.
  8. Since the insignificance of all things is our lot, we should not bear it as an afflication but learn to enjoy it.

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