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Language Quotes by Milan Kundera
- Metaphors are dangerous. Love begins with a metaphor. Which is to say, love begins at the point when a woman enters her first word into…
- Being in a foreign country means walking a tightrope high above the ground without the net afforded a person by the country where he has…
- Because beyond their practical function, all gestures have a meaning that exceeds the intention of those who make them; when people in bathing suits fling…
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