“Being a woman is a fate Sabina did not choose. What we have not chosen we cannot consider either to our merit… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but that this humiliation is seen by everyone” — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“What we have not chosen we cannot consider either our merit or our failure... To rebel against being born a woman seemed… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“What we have not chosen we cannot consider our merit or our failure.” — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“Before beauty disappears entirely from the earth, it will go on existing for a while as a mistake.” — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“Having had occasion in the past to observe Communist statesmen, I saw with surprise that they were often extremely critical of the… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“What we have not chosen we cannot consider either to our merit or our failure.” — 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
“The basis of shame is not some mistake of ours, but that this humiliation is seen by everyone.” — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
For he was aware of the great secret of life: Women don't look for handsome men. Women look for men who have… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“Before beauty disappears entirely from the earth, it will go on existing for a while by mistake. "Beauty by mistake"- the final… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but the ignominy, the humiliation we feel that we must be… — 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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
The beauty of New York is unintentional; it arose independent of human design, like a stalagmite cavern. — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
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 Image
“Our lives may be separate, but they run in the same direction, like parallel lines.” — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
