The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything.
Milan KunderaOnly from the perspective of such a utopia is it possible to use the concepts of pessimism and optimism with full justification: an optimist is someone who thinks that on planet number five the history of mankind will be less bloody. A pessimist is one who thinks otherwise.
Milan KunderaPerhaps all the questions we ask of love, to measure, test, probe, and save it, have the additional effect of cutting it short.
Milan KunderaExtremism means borders beyond which life ends, and a passion for extremism, in art and in politics, is a veiled longing for death.
Milan Kundera