Author: Milan Kundera

Quotes

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

People are going deaf because music is played louder and louder, but because they're going deaf, it has to be played louder still.

People are going deaf because music is played louder and louder, but because they're going deaf, it has to be played louder still.

- Milan Kundera

No great movement designed to change the world can bear to be laughed at or belittled. Mockery is a rust that corrodes all it touches.

No great movement designed to change the world can bear to be laughed at or belittled. Mockery is a rust that corrodes all it touches.

- 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

Every change of scene requires new expositions, descriptions, explanations.

Every change of scene requires new expositions, descriptions, explanations.

- Milan Kundera

The sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness.

The sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness.

- Milan Kundera

Happiness is the longing for repetition.

Happiness is the longing for repetition.

- 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

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