Compare Quote 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,…

— 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…

— 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…

— Milan Kundera

The beauty of New York is unintentional; it arose independent of human design, like a stalagmite cavern.

— 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…

— Milan Kundera

“Our lives may be separate, but they run in the same direction, like parallel lines.”

— 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…

— 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.…

— 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…

— 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…

— Milan Kundera

When we ignore the body, we are more easily victimized by it.

— 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…

— Milan Kundera