أجل، كان مستعدًا لتذويب كل عيوبها فى محلول حبّه، لكن بشرط واحد هو : أن تتمدد هى نفسها باستسلام فى هذا المحلول، وألا تفكر قط فى مغادرة حوض الحب هذا، وأن… - Milan Kundera

Necessity, weight, and value are three concepts inextricably bound: only necessity is heavy, and only what is heavy has value.

But deep down she said to herself, Franz maybe strong, but his strength is directed outward; when it comes to the people he lives with, the people he's loves, he's weak. Franz's weakness is called goodness. Franz would never give Sabina orders. He would never command her, as Tomas had, to lay the mirror on the floor and walk back and forth on it naked. Not that he lacks sensuality; he simply lacks the strength to give orders.

There are things that can be accomplished only by violence. Physical love is unthinkable without violence.

In that etymological light nostalgia seems something like the pain of ignorance, of not knowing. You are far away, and I don’t know what has become of you. My country is far away, and I don’t know what is happening there.