"we might also call vertigo the intoxication of……" — Milan Kundera
"we might also call vertigo the intoxication of the weak. aware of his weakness, a man decides to give in rather than stand up to it. he is drunk with weakness, wishes to grow even weaker, wishes to fall down in the middle of the main square in front of everybody, wishes to be down, lower than down."
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381 Quotes by Milan Kundera
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