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Moments Quotes by Milan Kundera
- We don't know when our name came into being or how some distant ancestor acquired it. We don't understand our name at all, we don't…
- How did the senator know that children meant happiness? Could he see into their souls? What if the moment they were out of sight, three…
- There is a certain part of all of us that lives outside of time. Perhaps we become aware of our age only at exceptional moments…
- This was exactly what the girl had most dreaded all her life and had scrupulously avoided until now: lovemaking without emotion or love. She knew…
- For Sabina, living in truth, lying neither to ourselves nor to others, was possible only away from the public: the moment someone keeps an eye…
- So she stood naked in front of the young man and at this moment stopped playing the game.
- The girl was grateful to the young man for every bit of flattery; she wanted to linger for a moment in its warmth and so…
- There are moments in life when a man retreats defensively, when he must give ground, when he must surrender less important positions in order to…
- From the top of the staircase she sees the London train, modern and elegant, and she tells herself again: Whether it's good luck or bad…
- Tereza knew what happens during the moment love is born: the woman cannot resist the voice calling forth her terrified soul; the man cannot resist…
- Man can only be certain about the present moment. But is that quite true either? Can he really know the present? Is he in a…
- The purpose of the poetry is not to dazzle us with an astonishing thought, but to make one moment of existence unforgettable and worthy of…
- There would seem to be nothing more obvious, more tangible and palpable than the present moment. And yet it eludes us completely. All the sadness…
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- We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner… — Aristotle
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- Through my illness I learned rejection. I was written off. That was the moment I thought, Okay, game on. No prisoners. Everybody's… — Lance Armstrong
- I can mention many moments that were unforgettable and revelatory. But the most single revelatory three minutes was the first time I… — David Attenborough
- If you're waiting for the perfect moment, you'll never write a thing because it will never arrive. I have no routine. I… — Margaret Atwood
- Hunting, fishing, drawing, and music occupied my every moment. Cares I knew not, and cared naught about them. — John James Audubon
- A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment. — Jane Austen
- It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed… — Jane Austen
- Everything can change at any moment, suddenly and forever. — Paul Auster
- Those of us who can remember our childhoods will recall how ardently we relished the moment of the bedtime story, when our… — Paul Auster
- When I took the habit, the Lord immediately showed me how He favours those who do violence to themselves in order to… — Teresa of Avila
- What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and acts of… — Sai Baba