Her kitsch was the image of home, all peace, quiet, and harmony, and ruled by a loving mother and a wise father.… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
She had come to him to escape her mother's world, a world where all bodies were equal. She had come to him… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
Tereza's mother never stopped reminding her that being a mother meant sacrificing everything. Her words had the ring of truth, backed as… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“Tereza tried to see herself through her body. That is why, from girlhood on, she would stand before the mirror so often.… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“The question that arises is this: had father hated the people on the ship, just as she now hates the motorcyclist and… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
The day after his father left, Franz and his mother went into town together, and as they left home Franz noticed that… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
From tender youth we are told by father and teacher that betrayal is the most heinous offence imaginable. But what is betrayal? Betrayal… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“[mother] belonged to a realm of other creatures: smaller, lighter, more easily blown away.” — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“If a mother was Sacrifice personified, then a daughter was Guilt, with no possibility of redress.” — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“But if we betray B., for whom we betrayed A., it does not necessarily follow that we have placated A. The life… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“I sometimes have the feeling that her entire life was merely a continuation of her mother's, much as the course of a… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“The engineer’s ready capitulation, however, did not hide from the poet’s mother the sad realization that the adventure into which she had… — 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
