--- title: "21 Way Quotes By Milan Kundera" description: "21 Way quotes by Milan Kundera. Plus more from Milan Kundera and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54a/milan-kundera-120_book_and-there-lies-the-horror-the-past-we-re_2577643.jpg" --- > [And there lies the horror: the past we remember is devoid of time. Impossible to reexperience a love the way we reread…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/and-there-lies-the-horror-the-past-we-remember-is-devoid-of-time/) [Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54a/milan-kundera-120_book_and-there-lies-the-horror-the-past-we-re_2577643.jpg) > [Mysticism and exaggeration go together. A mystic must not fear ridicule if he is to push all the way to the limits…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/mysticism-and-exaggeration-go-together-a-mystic-must-not-fear/) [Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/968/milan-kundera-120_delight_mysticism-and-exaggeration-go-together-a_234419.jpg) > [I feel a frantic desire to free myself. To start all over again and in another way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/i-feel-a-frantic-desire-to-free-myself-to-start-all-over-again-and-in/) [Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f78/milan-kundera-120_another-way_i-feel-a-frantic-desire-to-free-myself-t_399508.jpg) > [People fascinated by the idea of progress never suspect that every step forward is also a step on the way to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/people-fascinated-by-the-idea-of-progress-never-suspect-that-every/) [Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0d/milan-kundera-120_ends_people-fascinated-by-the-idea-of-progres_2754089.jpg) > [She knew that there were all kinds of ways to make a conquest and that one of the surest roads to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/she-knew-that-there-were-all-kinds-of-ways-to-make-a-conquest-and/) [Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a9/milan-kundera-120_all-kinds_she-knew-that-there-were-all-kinds-of-wa_2188858.jpg) > [The young man called the waiter and paid. Then he got up and said to the girl: 'We're going.' Where to?' The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/the-young-man-called-the-waiter-and-paid-then-he-got-up-and-said-to/) [Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d8/milan-kundera-120_girl_the-young-man-called-the-waiter-and-paid_1408480.jpg) > [I remember that the day I finished 'The Angels,' part three of 'The Book of Laughter and Forgetting', I was terribly proud…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/i-remember-that-the-day-i-finished-the-angels-part-three-of-the-book/) [Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4a/milan-kundera-120_angel_i-remember-that-the-day-i-finished-the-a_1844568.jpg) > [By giving the love act a name, if only an innocent little word like, "it," he paved the way for other words,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/by-giving-the-love-act-a-name-if-only-an-innocent-little-word-like-it/) [Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baa/milan-kundera-120_giving_by-giving-the-love-act-a-name-if-only-an_228453.jpg) > [...no one can do a thing about feelings, they exist and there's no way to censor them. We can reproach ourselves for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/no-one-can-do-a-thing-about-feelings-they-exist-and-there-s-no-way-to/) [Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ff/milan-kundera-120_action_no-one-can-do-a-thing-about-feelings-the_2301458.jpg) > [From the top of the staircase she sees the London train, modern and elegant, and she tells herself again: Whether it's good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/from-the-top-of-the-staircase-she-sees-the-london-train-modern-and/) [Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/520/milan-kundera-120_born_from-the-top-of-the-staircase-she-sees-t_3230243.jpg) > [In the political jargon of those days, the word "intellectual" was an insult. It indicated someone who did not understand life and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/in-the-political-jargon-of-those-days-the-word-intellectual-was-an/) [Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb7/milan-kundera-120_abuse_in-the-political-jargon-of-those-days-th_2110998.jpg) > [...she merely wished to find a way out of the maze. She knew that she had become a burden to him: she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/she-merely-wished-to-find-a-way-out-of-the-maze-she-knew-that-she-had/) [Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a17/milan-kundera-120_amusing_she-merely-wished-to-find-a-way-out-of-t_2798567.jpg) > [War and culture, those are the two poles of Europe, her heaven and hell, her glory and shame, and they cannot be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/war-and-culture-those-are-the-two-poles-of-europe-her-heaven-and-hell/) [Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd1/milan-kundera-120_broken_war-and-culture-those-are-the-two-poles_3147845.jpg) > [At a time when history made its way slowly, the few events were easily remembered and woven into a backdrop, known to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/at-a-time-when-history-made-its-way-slowly-the-few-events-were-easily/) [Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c7/milan-kundera-120_adventure_at-a-time-when-history-made-its-way-slow_1225936.jpg) > [To put it another way, every love relationship is based upon unwritten conventions rashly agreed upon by the lovers during the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/to-put-it-another-way-every-love-relationship-is-based-upon-unwritten/) [Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf2/milan-kundera-120_animosity_to-put-it-another-way-every-love-relatio_1485206.jpg) > [While people are fairly young and the musical composition of their lives is still in its opening bars, they can go about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/while-people-are-fairly-young-and-the-musical-composition-of-their/) [Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d43/milan-kundera-120_bars_while-people-are-fairly-young-and-the-mu_2478919.jpg) > [The present era grabs everything that was ever written in order to transform it into films, TV programs; or cartoons. What is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/the-present-era-grabs-everything-that-was-ever-written-in-order-to/) [Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa2/milan-kundera-120_adaptability_the-present-era-grabs-everything-that-wa_873272.jpg) > [The psychological and physiological mechanism of love is so complex that at a certain period in his life a young man must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/the-psychological-and-physiological-mechanism-of-love-is-so-complex/) [Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f2/milan-kundera-120_certain_the-psychological-and-physiological-mech_2036804.jpg) > [A great deal has been said about love at first sight; I am perfectly aware of love's retrospective tendency to make a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/a-great-deal-has-been-said-about-love-at-first-sight-i-am-perfectly/) [Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2db/milan-kundera-120_clairvoyance_a-great-deal-has-been-said-about-love-at_1117776.jpg) > [Aesthetic racism is almost always a sign of inexperience. Those who have not made their way far enough into the world of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/aesthetic-racism-is-almost-always-a-sign-of-inexperience-those-who/) [Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/276/milan-kundera-120_add_aesthetic-racism-is-almost-always-a-sign_871127.jpg) > [The phrase "It's absolutely the same with me, I..." seems to be an approving echo, a way of continuing the other's thought,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/the-phrase-it-s-absolutely-the-same-with-me-i-seems-to-be-an/) [Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d74/milan-kundera-120_battle_the-phrase-it-s-absolutely-the-same-with_2022506.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## More by Milan Kundera > [“The future is only an indifferent void no one cares about, but the past is filled with life, and its countenance is irritating, repellent,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/the-future-is-only-an-indifferent-void-no-one-cares-about-but-the/) [Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/) > [“From that time on they both looked forward to sleeping together. I might even say that the goal of their lovemaking was not so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/from-that-time-on-they-both-looked-forward-to-sleeping-together-i/) [Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/beauty-in-the-european-sense-has-always-had-a-premeditated-quality-to/) [Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/) > [The beauty of New York is unintentional; it arose independent of human design, like a stalagmite cavern.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/the-beauty-of-new-york-is-unintentional-it-arose-independent-of-human/) [Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/) > [Children, Never look Back!" and this meant that we must never allow the future to be weighed down by memory . for children have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/children-never-look-back-and-this-meant-that-we-must-never-allow-the/) [Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/) > [“Our lives may be separate, but they run in the same direction, like parallel lines.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/our-lives-may-be-separate-but-they-run-in-the-same-direction-like/) [Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/having-a-child-is-to-show-an-absolute-accord-with-mankind-if-i-have-a/) [Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/love-is-a-battle-said-marie-claude-still-smiling-and-i-plan-to-go-on/) [Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/) > [“He remained annoyed with himself until he realized that not knowing what he wanted was actually quite natural. We can never know what to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/he-remained-annoyed-with-himself-until-he-realized-that-not-knowing/) [Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/) > [“Whenever I think about ancient cultures nostalgia seizes me. Perhaps this is nothing but envy of the sweet slowness of the history of that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/whenever-i-think-about-ancient-cultures-nostalgia-seizes-me-perhaps/) [Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/) > [When we ignore the body, we are more easily victimized by it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/when-we-ignore-the-body-we-are-more-easily-victimized-by-it/) [Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/) > [“Do stories, apart from happening, being, have something to say? For all my skepticism, some trace of irrational superstition did survive in me, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/do-stories-apart-from-happening-being-have-something-to-say-for-all/) [Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/) > [“Os extremos delimitam a fronteira para além da qual a vida termina, e a paixão pelo extremismo, tanto em arte como em política, é…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/os-extremos-delimitam-a-fronteira-para-al-m-da-qual-a-vida-termina-e/) [Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/) > [The characters in my novels are my own unrealized possibilities. That is why I am equally fond of them all and equally horrified by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/the-characters-in-my-novels-are-my-own-unrealized-possibilities-that/) [Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/) > [Anyone whose goal is 'something higher' must expect someday to suffer vertigo.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/anyone-whose-goal-is-something-higher-must-expect-someday-to-suffer/) [Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/milan-kundera/#itemlist", "name": "21 Way Quotes By Milan Kundera", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "And there lies the horror: the past we remember is devoid of time. 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