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Milan Kundera Quotes

Milan Kundera quotes

Czechoslovakian Writer April 1, 1929

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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
Milan Kundera quote: "Love is poetry, poetry is love"
Love is poetry, poetry is love Milan Kundera
Milan Kundera quote: "Love is the longing for the half of ourselves we have lost."
Love is the longing for the half of ourselves we have lost. Milan Kundera
Yes, the essence of every love is a child, and it makes no difference at all whether it has ever actually been conceived or born. In the algebra of love a child is the symbol of the magical sum of two beings. Milan Kundera
Milan Kundera quote: "to love someone out of compassion means not really to love"
to love someone out of compassion means not really to love Milan Kundera
Milan Kundera quote: "Physical love is unthinkable without violence."
Physical love is unthinkable without violence. Milan Kundera
Milan Kundera quote: "Physical love is unthinkable without violencepg 111"
Physical love is unthinkable without violencepg 111 Milan Kundera
Milan Kundera quote: "There are things that can be accomplished only by violence...."
There are things that can be accomplished only by violence. Physical love is unthinkable without violence. Milan Kundera
Friendship is indispensable to man for the proper function of his memory. Remembering our past, carrying it with us always, may be the necessary requirement for maintaining, as they say, the wholeness of the self. To ensure that the self doesn't shrink, to see that it holds on to its volume, memories have to be watered like potted flowers, and the watering calls for regular contact with the witnesses of the past, that is to say, with friends. They are our mirror; our memory; we ask nothing of... Milan Kundera
Milan Kundera quote: "Where are all those virtues of unreason that have shaped our..."
Where are all those virtues of unreason that have shaped our idea of love? Milan Kundera
Milan Kundera quote: "Once her love had been publicized, it would gain weight,..."
Once her love had been publicized, it would gain weight, become a burden. Milan Kundera
Milan Kundera quote: "loves are like empires: when the idea they are founded on..."
loves are like empires: when the idea they are founded on crumbles, they, too, fade away Milan Kundera

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