Author: Milan Kundera

Quotes

The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.

The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.

- Milan Kundera

To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring - it was peace.

To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring - it was peace.

- Milan Kundera

Happiness is the longing for repetition.

Happiness is the longing for repetition.

- Milan Kundera

Only a literary work that reveals an unknown fragment of human existence has a reason for being.

Only a literary work that reveals an unknown fragment of human existence has a reason for being.

- Milan Kundera

How goodness heightens beauty!

How goodness heightens beauty!

- Milan Kundera

Metaphors are dangerous. Love begins with a metaphor. Which is to say, love begins at the point when a woman enters her first word into our poetic memory.

Metaphors are dangerous. Love begins with a metaphor. Which is to say, love begins at the point when a woman enters her first word into our poetic memory.

- Milan Kundera

Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent.

Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent.

- Milan Kundera

Business has only two functions - marketing and innovation.

Business has only two functions - marketing and innovation.

- Milan Kundera

The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything.

The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything.

- Milan Kundera

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