She is sadder and sadder, and for a man there is no balm more soothing than the sadness he has caused a woman.
Milan KunderaDisgust at having to talk about oneself is what distinguishes novelistic talent from lyric talent.
Milan KunderaAh, ladies and gentlemen, a man lives a sad life when he cannot take anything or anyone seriously.
Milan KunderaThe idea of eternal return is a mysterious one, and Nietzsche has often perplexed other philosophers with it: to think that everything recurs as we once experienced it, and that the recurrence itself recurs ad infinitum! What does this mad myth signify?
Milan KunderaTo put it another way, every love relationship is based upon unwritten conventions rashly agreed upon by the lovers during the first weeks of their love. On the one hand, they are living a sort of dream; on the other, without realizing it, they are drawing up the fine print of their contracts like the most hard-nosed of lawyers. O lovers! Be wary during those perilous first days! If you serve the other party breakfast in bed, you will be obliged to continue same in perpetuity or face charges of animosity and treason!
Milan Kundera