"Leroy interrupted Chantal's fantasies: "Freedom? As you live our your desolation, you can be either unhappy or happy. Having that choice is what con… - Milan Kundera

"Leroy interrupted Chantal's fantasies: "Freedom? As you live our your desolation, you can be either unhappy or happy. Having that choice is what constitutes your freedom. You're free to melt your own individuality into the cauldron of the multitude either with a feeling of defeat or euphoria.

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About Milan Kundera

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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ما هرگز نمی توانیم با قاطعیت بگوییم که روابط ما با دیگران تا چه حدی از احساسات ما، از عشق ما، از فقدان عشق ما، از لطف و مهربانی ما، و یا از کینه و نفرت ما، سرچشمه می گیرد و تا چه حد از قدرت و ضعف در میان افراد تاثیر می پذیرد.

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She knew only too well that the song was a beautiful lie. As soon as kitsch is recognized for the lie it is, it moves into the context of non-kitsch, thus losing its authoritarian power and becoming as touching as any other human weakness. For none among us is superman enough to escape kitsch completely. No matter how we scorn it, kitsch is an integral part of the human condition.

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