Only the basic situations in life occur only once, never to return. For a man to be a man, he must be fully aware of this never-to-return. (p.148)
Milan KunderaPeople who shout joy from the rooftops are often the saddest of all.
Milan Kunderaإن ألمنا الشخصي ليس بأثقل من الألم الذي نعانيه مع الآخر ومن أجل الآخر وفي مكان آخر؛ ألم يضاعفه الخيال وترجّعه مئات الأصداء.
Milan Kundera...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 KunderaTags: feelings
Jan had friends who like him had left their old homeland and who devoted all their time to the struggle for its lost freedom. All of them had sometimes felt that the bond tying them to their country was just an illusion and that only enduring habit kept them prepared to die for something they did not care about. They all knew that feeling and at the same time were afraid of knowing it; they turned their heads away from fear of seeing the border and stumbling (lured by vertigo as by an abyss) across it to the other side, where the language of their tortured people make a noise as trivial as the twittering of birds.
Milan KunderaLa bêtise des gens consiste à avoir une réponse à tout. La sagesse d’un roman consiste à avoir une question à tout.
Milan KunderaIndeed, the only truly serious questions are ones that even a child can formulate. Only the most naive of questions are truly serious. They are the questions with no answers. A question with no answer is a barrier that cannot be breached. In other words, it is questions with no answers that set the limit of human possibilities, describe the boundaries of human existence.
Milan KunderaTags: existence questions children answers boundaries barriers
From tender youth we are told by father and teacher that betrayal is the most heinous offence imaginable. But what is betrayal? Betrayal means breaking ranks and breaking off into the unknown. Sabina knew of nothing more magnificent than going off into the unknown.
Milan KunderaShe had an overwhelming desire to tell him, like the most banal of women. Don't let me go, hold me tight, make me your plaything, your slave, be strong! But they were words she could not say.
The only thing she said when he released her from his embrace was, "You don't know how happy I am to be with you." That was the most her reserved nature allowed her to express.
Porque o amor, por definição, é um dom não merecido; ser-se amado sem mérito é justamente a prova de um amor verdadeiro. Se uma mulher me diz: amo-te porque és inteligente, porque és honesto, porque me dás presentes, porque não andas no engate, porque lavas a louça, sinto-me decepcionado; este amor tem o ar de ser qualquer coisa de interessado. É muito mais bonito ouvir: estou louca por ti apesar de tu não seres nem inteligente nem sério, e embora sejas mentiroso, egoísta e safado.
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