Milan Kundera Quotes and Sayings
No one can give anyone else the gift of the idyll; only an animal can do so, because only animals were not expelled from Paradise. ~ Milan Kundera. Without realizing it, the individual composes his life according to the laws of beauty even in times of greatest distress. ~ Milan Kundera. Anyone whose goal is ‘something higher’ must expect someday to suffer vertigo. What is vertigo? Fear of falling? No, vertigo is something other than fear of falling. It is the voice of the emptiness below us which tempts and lures us, it is the desire to fall, against which, terrified, we defend ourselves. ~ Milan Kundera. People are always shouting they want to create a better future. It’s not true. The future is an apathetic void of no interest to anyone. The past is full of life, eager to irritate us, provoke and insult us, tempt us to destroy or repaint it. The only reason people want to be masters of the future is to change the past. ~ Milan Kundera. |
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