Leroy interrupted Chantal's fantasies: "Freedom? As you live our your desolation, you can be either unhappy or happy. Having that choice is what constitutes your freedom. You're free to melt your own individuality into the cauldron of the multitude either with a feeling of defeat or euphoria.
Milan KunderaHer drama was a drama not of heaviness but of lightness. What fell to her lot was not the burden but the unbearable lightness of being.
Milan KunderaListening to a news broadcast is like smoking a cigarette and crushing the butt in the ashtray.
Milan KunderaThe beauty of New York is unintentional; it arose independent of human design, like a stalagmite cavern.
Milan KunderaNothing requires a greater effort of thought than arguments to justify the rule of non-thought.
Milan KunderaPeople are always shouting they want to create a better future. It's not true. The future is an apathetic void of no interest to anyone. The past is full of life, eager to irritate us, provoke and insult us, tempt us to destroy or repaint it. The only reason people want to be masters of the future is to change the past.
Milan Kundera