He Kept recalling her lying on his bed; she reminded him of no one in his former life.
Milan KunderaBefore we are forgotten, we will be turned into kitsch. Kitsch is the stopover between being and oblivion.
Milan KunderaMost people willingly deceive themselves with a doubly false faith; they believe in eternal memory (of men, things, deeds, peoples) and in rectification (of deeds, errors, sins, injustice). Both are sham. The truth lies at the opposite end of the scale: everything will be forgotten and nothing will be rectified. All rectification (both vengeance and forgiveness) will be taken over by oblivion.
Milan Kundera