Being a woman is a fate Sabina did not choose. What we have not chosen we cannot consider either to our merit or our failure. Sabina believed that sh… - Milan Kundera

To rebel against being born a woman seemed as foolish to her as to take pride in it.

What we have not chosen we cannot consider either our merit or our failure... To rebel against being born a woman seemed as foolish to her as to take pride in it.

What we have not chosen we cannot consider either to our merit or our failure.

Is a novel anything but a trap set for a hero?

Every true novelist listens for that suprapersonal wisdom, which explains why great novels are always a little more intelligent than their authors. Novelists who are more intelligent than their books should go into another line of work.

Tenderness is the attempt to create a tiny artificial space in which it is mutually agreed that each will treat the other like a child.