1,075 Quotes by 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.

Simdiki zamani kat ederken gozlerimiz baglidir. Cok cok yasamakta oldugumuz seyleri sezebilir ve tahmin edebiliriz. Ancak daha sonralari, gozlerimizin bagi cozuldugunde ve gecmisi inceledigimizde ne yasamis oldugumuzu fark ederiz.

Because to live in a world in which no one is forgiven, where all are irredeemable, is the same as living in hell.

He yearned to step out of his life the way one steps out of a house into the street.

Great novels are always a little more intelligent than their authors.

The situation is very slightly solemn and thus embarrassing, as are all such situations when after the initial lovemaking, the lovers confront a future they are suddenly required to take on.

What drove such people to their sinister occupations? Spite? Certainly, but also the desire for order. Because the desire for order tries to transform the human world into an inorganic reign in which everything goes well, everything functions as a subject of an impersonal will. The desire for order is at the same time a desire for death, because life is a perpetual violation of order. Or, inversely, the desire for order is a virtuous pretext by which man's hatred for man justifies its crimes.

for the first time in his life, sex is located away from all danger, away from conflict and drama, away from persecution, away from any accusation, away from worries; he has nothing to take care of, love is taking care of him, love as he's always wanted it and never had it: love-repose; love-oblivion; love-desertion; love-carefreeness; love-meaningless.

Metaphors are dangerous. Metaphors are not to be trifled with.