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… - Milan Kundera

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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.

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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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صدای پاشنه های کفشتان در پیاده رو مرا به فکر راه هایی که نپیموده ام، راه هایی که به سان ِ شاخه های درخت پر از رشته های فرعی اند، می اندازد. شما در من وسوسه های دوران نوجوانی ام را بیدار کرده اید. من زندگی را در برابرم همچون درختی تصور می کردم. در آن هنگام آن را درخت امکانات می نامیدم. تنها در لحظه های کوتاه زندگی را این چنین می بینیم. سپس زندگی همچون راهی نمایان می شود که یک بار برای همیشه تحمیل شده است. همچون تونلی که از آن نمی توان بیرون رفت. با این همه جلوه ی درخت در ذهن ما همچون حسرت گذشته محو ناشدنی باقی می ماند...

People meet in the course of life, they talk together, they discuss, they quarrel, without realizing that they're talking to one another across a distance, each from an observation post standing in a different place in time.

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Tell me, where in life is there a value that would make us consider suicide uncalled for on principle! Love? Or friendship? I guarantee that friendship is not a bit less fickle than love and it is impossible to build anything on it. Self-love? I wish it were possible.

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