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Milan Kundera Quotes

Milan Kundera quotes about love

Czechoslovakian Writer April 1, 1929

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By giving the love act a name, if only an innocent little word like, "it," he paved the way for other words, words that would reflect physical love as in a set of mirrors. Milan Kundera
Milan Kundera quote: "The emotion of love gives all of us a misleading illusion of..."
The emotion of love gives all of us a misleading illusion of knowing the other. Milan Kundera
[Large countries'] patriotism is different: they are buoyed by their glory, their importance, their universal mission. The Czechs loved their country not because it was glorious but because it was unknown; not because it was big but because it was small and in constant danger. Their patriotism was an enormous compassion for their country. Milan Kundera
But just make someone who has fallen in love listen to his stomach rumble, and the unity of body and soul, that lyrical illusion of the age of science , instantly fades away. Milan Kundera
Milan Kundera quote: "I have a strong will to love you for eternity."
I have a strong will to love you for eternity. Milan Kundera
But all he could think of was what Sabina would have said about it. Everything he did, he did for Sabina, the way Sabina would have liked to see it done. It was a perfectly innocent form of infidelity and one eminently suited to Franz, who would never have done his bespectacled student-mistress any harm. He nourished the cult of Sabina more as a religion than as love Milan Kundera
Milan Kundera quote: "Joking is a barrier between man and the world. Joking is the..."
Joking is a barrier between man and the world. Joking is the enemy of love and poetry. Milan Kundera
She was aware that in love even the most passionate idealism will not rid the body's surface of its terrible, basic importance. Milan Kundera
Perhaps the reason we are unable to love is that we yearn to be loved, that is, we demand something (love) from our partner instead of delivering ourselves up to him demand-free and asking for nothing but his company. Milan Kundera
Milan Kundera quote: "If I hadn't met you, I'd certainly have fallen in love with him."
If I hadn't met you, I'd certainly have fallen in love with him. Milan Kundera
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 the woman whose soul thus responds to his voice. Milan Kundera
Milan Kundera quote: "Looking out over the courtyard at the dirty walls, he realized..."
Looking out over the courtyard at the dirty walls, he realized he had no idea whether it was hysteria or love. Milan Kundera
Necessity knows no magic formulae-they are all left to chance. If a love is to be unforgettable, fortuities must immediately start fluttering down to it like birds to Francis of Assisi's shoulders. Milan Kundera
Necessity knows no magic formuae—they are all left to chance. If a love is to be unforgettable, fortuities must immediately start fluttering down to it like birds to Francis of Assisi’s shoulders. Milan Kundera
Milan Kundera quote: "Yes, it's crazy. Love is either crazy or it's nothing at all."..."
Yes, it's crazy. Love is either crazy or it's nothing at all." (p.34) Milan Kundera

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