The first step in liquidating a people is to erase its memory. Destroy its books, its culture, its history.
Milan KunderaWithout realizing it, the individual composes his life according to the laws of beauty even in times of greatest distress.
Milan KunderaNo one can give anyone else the gift of the idyll; only an animal can do so, because only animals were not expelled from Paradise. The love between dog and man is idyllic. It knows no conflicts, no hair-raising scenes; it knows no development.
Milan Kundera