Milan Kundera

The meaning did not precede the dream; the dream preceded the meaning. So the way to read the tale is to let the imagination carry one along. Not, above all, as a rebus to be decoded. ↗

— Milan Kundera

#art

When graves are covered with stones, the dead can no longer get out. But the dead can’t go out anyway! What difference does it make whether they’re covered with soil or stones? ↗

— Milan Kundera

#death

Isn't that exactly the definition of biography? An artificial logic imposed on an 'incoherent succession of images'? ↗

— Milan Kundera

#biography

When his wife was at his side, she was also in front of him, marking out the horizon of his life. Now the horizon is empty: the view has changed. ↗

— Milan Kundera

#marriage #change

Jealousy has the amazing power to illuminate a single person in an intense beam of light, keeping the multitude of others in total darkness. ↗

— Milan Kundera

#jealousy

No es la necesidad, sino la casualidad, la que está llena de encantos, si el amor debe ser inolvidable, las casualidades deben volar hacia él desde el primer momento ↗

— Milan Kundera

#lovers #love

Ma è proprio il debole che deve saper essere forte e andar via, quando il forte è troppo debole per poter fare del male al debole. ↗

— Milan Kundera

#love

Love is a battle" she said smiling, "And I plan on going fighting 'til the end." "Love is a battle? well, I don’t feel at all like fighting," and he left. ↗

— Milan Kundera

#love

Jealousy is like a raging toothache. One cannot do anything when one is jealous, not even sit down. Once can only come and go. Back and forth. ↗

— Milan Kundera

#jealousy

Ze stelde zich op als een ordinair wijf dat niet wist hoe ze hem moest kwetsen. ↗

— Milan Kundera

#relationship