Without the meditative background that is criticism, works become isolated gestures, historical accidents, soon forgotten.
Milan KunderaAnd therein lies the whole of man's plight. Human time does not turn in a circle; it runs ahead in a straight line. That is why man cannot be happy: happiness is the longing for repetition.
Milan KunderaThe novel is a meditation on existence as seen through the medium of imaginary characters.
Milan Kundera