Suspending moral judgment is not the immorality of the novel; it is its morality. The morality that stands against the ineradicable human habit of ju… - Milan Kundera

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Suspending moral judgment is not the immorality of the novel; it is its morality. The morality that stands against the ineradicable human habit of judging instantly, ceaselessly, and everyone; of judging before, and in the absence of, understanding. From the view­point of the novel’s wisdom, that fervid readiness to judge is the most detestable stupidity, the most pernicious evil.