1,075 Quotes by Milan Kundera

Why don't you ever use your strength on me?" she said. Because love means renouncing strength," said Franz softly.

Metaphors are dangerous. Love begins with a metaphor. Which is to say, love begins at the point when a woman enters her first word into our poetic memory.

Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent.

Joking is a barrier between man and the world. Joking is the enemy of love and poetry.

The sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness.

Believe me, nothing is more beautiful than to carry out crazy ideas. I'd like my whole life to be one single crazy idea.

To laugh is to live profoundly.

Love is a battle," said Marie-Claude, still smiling. "And I plan to go on fighting. To the end." Love is a battle?" said Franz. "Well, I don't feel at all like fighting." And he left.

Even in the game there lurks a lack of freedom; even in a game is a trap for the players.