In the love poetry of every age, the woman longs to be weighed down by the man's body. — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“Because misogynists are the best of men.” All the poets reacted to these words with hooting. Boccaccio was forced to raise his… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
The purpose of the poetry is not to dazzle us with an astonishing thought, but to make one moment of existence unforgettable… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
In Irena’s head the alcohol plays a double role: it frees her fantasy, encourages her boldness, makes her sensual, and at the… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“He thus didn’t find himself outside the limits of his experience; he was high above it. His distaste for himself remained down… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
[Kafka] transformed the profoundly antipoetic material of a highly bureaucratized society into the great poetry of the novel; he transformed a very… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“Then came time for her to marry. She had nine suitors. They all knelt round her in a circle. Standing in the… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“The sense of modernism is often seen in the determination of each of the arts to come as close as possible to… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
Joking is a barrier between man and the world. Joking is the enemy of love and poetry. — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“But there was something more precious than his poems; something far away he didn’t yet possess and longed for—manliness; he knew that… — 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
![“[Kafka] transformed the profoundly antipoetic material of a highly bureaucratized society into the great poetry of the novel; he transformed a very ordinary story of a man who cannot obtain a promised job . . . into myth, into epic, into a kind of beauty never before seen.” quote by Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6b8/milan-kundera-120_beauty_kafka-transformed-the-profoundly-antipoe_2458536.jpg)
