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Milan Kundera Quotes

Living is being happy: seeing, hearing, touching, drinking, eating, urinating, defecating, diving into the water and gazing at the sky, laughing and crying Picture Quote #1

We can never know what to want, because, living only one life, we can neither compare it with our previous lives nor perfect it in our lives to come Picture Quote #1

In the sunset of dissolution, everything is illuminated by the aura of nostalgia, even the guillotine Picture Quote #1

She loved to walk down the street with a book under her arm. It had the same significance for her as an elegant cane for the dandy a century ago. It differentiated her from others Picture Quote #1

It is wrong to chide the novel for being fascinated by mysterious coincidences... but it is right to chide man for being blind to such coincidences in his daily life. For he thereby deprives his life a dimension of beauty Picture Quote #1

Loves are like empires: when the idea they are founded on crumbles, they, too, fade away Picture Quote #1

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There is a certain part of all of us that lives outside of time. Perhaps we become aware of our age only at exceptional moments and most of the time we are ageless Picture Quote #1

And therein lies the whole of man’s plight. Human time does not turn in a circle; it runs ahead in a straight line. That is why man cannot be happy: happiness is the longing for repetition Picture Quote #1

To rebel against being born a woman seemed as foolish to her as to take pride in it Picture Quote #1

People derived too much pleasure from seeing their fellow man morally humiliated to spoil that pleasure by hearing out an explanation Picture Quote #1

Dogs do not have many advantages over people, but one of them is extremely important: euthanasia is not forbidden by law in their case; animals have the right to a merciful death Picture Quote #1

For everyone is pained by the thought of disappearing, unheard and unseen, into an indifferent universe, and because of that everyone wants, while there is still time, to turn himself into a universe of words Picture Quote #1

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The novel is not the author’s confession; it is an investigation of human life in the trap the world has become Picture Quote #1

All novels... are concerned with the enigma of the self. As soon as you create an imaginary being, a character, you are automatically confronted by the question: what is the self? How can it be grasped? Picture Quote #1

The only relationship that can make both partners happy is one in which sentimentality has no place and neither partner makes any claim on the life and freedom of the other Picture Quote #1

The river flowed from century to century, and human affairs play themselves out on its banks. Play themselves out to be forgotten the next day, while the river flows on Picture Quote #1

She was aware that in love even the most passionate idealism will not rid the body’s surface of its terrible, basic importance Picture Quote #1

So she stood naked in front of the young man and at this moment stopped playing the game Picture Quote #1

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Even in the game there lurks a lack of freedom; even in a game is a trap for the players Picture Quote #1

Fortunately women have the miraculous ability to change the meaning of their actions after the event Picture Quote #1

It was futile to attack with reason the stout wall of irrational feelings that, as is known, is the stuff of which the female mind is made Picture Quote #1

Ah, ladies and gentlemen, a man lives a sad life when he cannot take anything or anyone seriously Picture Quote #1

Looking out over the courtyard at the dirty walls, he realized he had no idea whether it was hysteria or love Picture Quote #1

To be mortal is the most basic human experience, and yet man has never been able to accept it, grasp it, and behave accordingly. Man doesn’t know how to be mortal. And when he dies, he doesn’t even know how to be dead Picture Quote #1

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The degree of slowness is directionally proportional to the intensity of memory. The degree of speed is directionally proportional to the intensity of forgetting Picture Quote #1

... no one can do a thing about feelings, they exist and there’s no way to censor them. We can reproach ourselves for some action, for a remark, but not for a feeling, quite simply because we have no control at all over it Picture Quote #1

... characters are not born like people, of woman; they are born of a situation, a sentence, a metaphor containing in a nutshell a basic human possibility that the author thinks no one else has discovered or said something essential about Picture Quote #1

When a private talk over a bottle of wine is broadcast on the radio, what can it mean but that the world is turning into a concentration camp? Picture Quote #1

I was not a hypocrite, with one real face and several false ones. I had several faces because I was young and didn’t know who I was or wanted to be Picture Quote #1

She is sadder and sadder, and for a man there is no balm more soothing than the sadness he has caused a woman Picture Quote #1

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Living is being happy: seeing, hearing, touching, drinking, eating, urinating, defecating, diving into the water and gazing at the sky, laughing and crying (Milan Kundera Quotes) We can never know what to want, because, living only one life, we can neither compare it with our previous lives nor perfect it in our lives to come (Milan Kundera Quotes) In the sunset of dissolution, everything is illuminated by the aura of nostalgia, even the guillotine (Milan Kundera Quotes) She loved to walk down the street with a book under her arm. It had the same significance for her as an elegant cane for the dandy a century ago. It differentiated her from others (Milan Kundera Quotes) It is wrong to chide the novel for being fascinated by mysterious coincidences... but it is right to chide man for being blind to such coincidences in his daily life. For he thereby deprives his life a dimension of beauty (Milan Kundera Quotes) Loves are like empires: when the idea they are founded on crumbles, they, too, fade away (Milan Kundera Quotes) There is a certain part of all of us that lives outside of time. Perhaps we become aware of our age only at exceptional moments and most of the time we are ageless (Milan Kundera Quotes) And therein lies the whole of man’s plight. Human time does not turn in a circle; it runs ahead in a straight line. That is why man cannot be happy: happiness is the longing for repetition (Milan Kundera Quotes) To rebel against being born a woman seemed as foolish to her as to take pride in it (Milan Kundera Quotes) People derived too much pleasure from seeing their fellow man morally humiliated to spoil that pleasure by hearing out an explanation (Milan Kundera Quotes) Dogs do not have many advantages over people, but one of them is extremely important: euthanasia is not forbidden by law in their case; animals have the right to a merciful death (Milan Kundera Quotes) For everyone is pained by the thought of disappearing, unheard and unseen, into an indifferent universe, and because of that everyone wants, while there is still time, to turn himself into a universe of words (Milan Kundera Quotes) The novel is not the author’s confession; it is an investigation of human life in the trap the world has become (Milan Kundera Quotes) All novels... are concerned with the enigma of the self. As soon as you create an imaginary being, a character, you are automatically confronted by the question: what is the self? How can it be grasped? (Milan Kundera Quotes) The only relationship that can make both partners happy is one in which sentimentality has no place and neither partner makes any claim on the life and freedom of the other (Milan Kundera Quotes) The river flowed from century to century, and human affairs play themselves out on its banks. Play themselves out to be forgotten the next day, while the river flows on (Milan Kundera Quotes) She was aware that in love even the most passionate idealism will not rid the body’s surface of its terrible, basic importance (Milan Kundera Quotes) So she stood naked in front of the young man and at this moment stopped playing the game (Milan Kundera Quotes) Even in the game there lurks a lack of freedom; even in a game is a trap for the players (Milan Kundera Quotes) Fortunately women have the miraculous ability to change the meaning of their actions after the event (Milan Kundera Quotes) It was futile to attack with reason the stout wall of irrational feelings that, as is known, is the stuff of which the female mind is made (Milan Kundera Quotes) Ah, ladies and gentlemen, a man lives a sad life when he cannot take anything or anyone seriously (Milan Kundera Quotes) Looking out over the courtyard at the dirty walls, he realized he had no idea whether it was hysteria or love (Milan Kundera Quotes) To be mortal is the most basic human experience, and yet man has never been able to accept it, grasp it, and behave accordingly. Man doesn’t know how to be mortal. And when he dies, he doesn’t even know how to be dead (Milan Kundera Quotes) The degree of slowness is directionally proportional to the intensity of memory. The degree of speed is directionally proportional to the intensity of forgetting (Milan Kundera Quotes) ... no one can do a thing about feelings, they exist and there’s no way to censor them. We can reproach ourselves for some action, for a remark, but not for a feeling, quite simply because we have no control at all over it (Milan Kundera Quotes) ... characters are not born like people, of woman; they are born of a situation, a sentence, a metaphor containing in a nutshell a basic human possibility that the author thinks no one else has discovered or said something essential about (Milan Kundera Quotes) When a private talk over a bottle of wine is broadcast on the radio, what can it mean but that the world is turning into a concentration camp? (Milan Kundera Quotes) I was not a hypocrite, with one real face and several false ones. I had several faces because I was young and didn’t know who I was or wanted to be (Milan Kundera Quotes) She is sadder and sadder, and for a man there is no balm more soothing than the sadness he has caused a woman (Milan Kundera Quotes)

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