Unbearable Lightness Of Being Quotes - Page 4

• The senator had only one argument in his favour: his feeling. When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object. In the realm of kitsch, the dictatorship of the heart reigns supreme.

  Milan Kundera

  Heart, Feelings, Mind

  "Light but sound" by John Banville, www.theguardian.com. April 30, 2004.

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• I’m not the smartest guy in the world, but I’m certainly not the dumbest. I mean, I’ve read books like "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" and "Love in the Time of Cholera", and I think I’ve understood them. They’re about girls, right? Just kidding. But I have to say my all-time favorite book is Johnny Cash’s autobiography "Cash" by Johnny Cash.

  Nick Hornby

  Girl, Book, Mean

  "High Fidelity". www.imdb.com. 2000.

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• The longing for Paradise is man's longing not to be man.

  Milan Kundera

  Men, Paradise, Longing

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• People are always shouting they want to create a better future. It's not true. The future is an apathetic void of no interest to anyone.

  Milan Kundera

  People, Want, Void

  "The Book of Laughter and Forgetting". Book by Milan Kundera, 1980.

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• Metaphors are dangerous. Love begins with a metaphor

  Milan Kundera

  Love Is, Metaphor, Dangerous

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• Culture is perishing in overproduction, in an avalanche of words, in the madness of quantity.

  Milan Kundera

  Culture, Avalanches, Madness

  "The Unbearable Lightness of Being". 1988.

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• In the realm of totalitarian kitsch, all answers are given in advance and preclude any questions.

  Milan Kundera

  Answers, Kitsch, Given

  "The Unbearable Lightness of Being". Book by Milan Kundera, 1984.

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