She was in the grip of an insuperable longing to fall. She … - Milan Kundera

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She was in the grip of an insuperable longing to fall. She lived in a constant state of vertigo.

“Pick me up”, is the message of a person who keeps falling.

Milan Kundera

The Unbearable Lightness of Being · October 27, 2009 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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Milan Kundera (1 April 1929 – 11 July 2023) was a Franco-Czech novelist born in Brno, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic).

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