The thing that gives our every move its meaning is always totally unknown to us.
~ Milan Kundera

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A person who longs to leave the place where he lives is an unhappy person.
~ Milan Kundera

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As you live out your desolation, you can be either unhappy or happy. Having that choice is what constitutes your freedom.
~ Milan Kundera

Dreaming is not merely an act of communication; it is also an aesthetic activity, a game of the imagination, a game that is a value in itself.
~ Milan Kundera

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In the sunset of dissolution, everything is illuminated by the aura of nostalgia.
~ Milan Kundera

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When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object. In the realm of kitsch, the dictatorship of the heart reigns supreme.
~ Milan Kundera

You can’t measure the mutual affection of two human beings by the number of words they exchange.
~ Milan Kundera

Suspending moral judgment is not the immorality of the novel; it is its morality.
~ Milan Kundera

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Without realizing it, the individual composes his life according to the laws of beauty even in times of great distress.
~ Milan Kundera

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The only reason people want to be masters of the future is to change the past. They are fighting for access to the laboratories where photographs are retouched and biographies and histories rewritten.
~ Milan Kundera

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