“Human life is bounded by two chasms: fanaticism on one side, absolute skepticism on the other.” — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“History is as light as individual human life, unbearably light, light as a feather, as dust swirling into the air, as whatever… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
The novel is not the author's confession; it is an investigation of human life in the trap the world has become — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
This symmetrical composition--the same motif at the beginning and at the end--may seem quite "novelistic" to you, and I am willing to… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“For it is clear immediately: human life as such is a defeat. All we can do in the face of that ineluctable… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
It takes so little, so infinitely little, for a person to cross the border beyond which everything loses meaning: love, convictions, faith,… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
Human life occurs only once, and the reason we cannot determine which of our decisions are good and which bad is that… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“It takes so little, so infinitely little, for someone to find himself on the other side of the border, where everything -… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“The characters in my novels are my own unrealized possibilities. That is why I am equally fond of them all and equally… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“Whenever I think about ancient cultures nostalgia seizes me. Perhaps this is nothing but envy of the sweet slowness of the history… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
The characters in my novels are my own unrealized possibilities. That is why I am equally fond of them all and equally… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“The woman he had loved most (he was thirty at the time) would tell him (he was nearly in despair when he… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“As I have pointed out before, characters are not born like people, of woman; they are born of a situation, a sentence,… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“We will never cease our critique of those persons who distort the past, rewrite it, falsify it, who exaggerate the importance of… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“Memory cannot be understood, either, without a mathematical approach. The fundamental given is the ratio between the amount of time in the… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“The future is only an indifferent void no one cares about, but the past is filled with life, and its countenance is irritating, repellent,… — Milan Kundera Copy Share
“From that time on they both looked forward to sleeping together. I might even say that the goal of their lovemaking was not so… — Milan Kundera Copy Share
“Beauty in the European sense has always had a premeditated quality to it. We've always had an aesthetic intention and a long-range plan. That's… — Milan Kundera Copy Share
The beauty of New York is unintentional; it arose independent of human design, like a stalagmite cavern. — Milan Kundera Copy Share
Children, Never look Back!" and this meant that we must never allow the future to be weighed down by memory . for children have… — Milan Kundera Copy Share
“Our lives may be separate, but they run in the same direction, like parallel lines.” — Milan Kundera Copy Share
“Having a child is to show an absolute accord with mankind. If I have a child, it's as though I'm saying: I was born… — Milan Kundera Copy Share
Love is a battle," said Marie-Claude, still smiling. "And I plan to go on fighting. To the end." Love is a battle?" said Franz.… — Milan Kundera Copy Share
“He remained annoyed with himself until he realized that not knowing what he wanted was actually quite natural. We can never know what to… — Milan Kundera Copy Share
“Whenever I think about ancient cultures nostalgia seizes me. Perhaps this is nothing but envy of the sweet slowness of the history of that… — Milan Kundera Copy Share
“Do stories, apart from happening, being, have something to say? For all my skepticism, some trace of irrational superstition did survive in me, the… — Milan Kundera Copy Share
“Os extremos delimitam a fronteira para além da qual a vida termina, e a paixão pelo extremismo, tanto em arte como em política, é… — Milan Kundera Copy Share
The characters in my novels are my own unrealized possibilities. That is why I am equally fond of them all and equally horrified by… — Milan Kundera Copy Share
Anyone whose goal is 'something higher' must expect someday to suffer vertigo. — Milan Kundera Copy Share
