Perhaps all the questions we ask of love, to measure, test, probe, and save it, have the additional effect of cutting it short. Perhaps the reason we… - Milan Kundera

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Perhaps all the questions we ask of love, to measure, test, probe, and save it, have the additional effect of cutting it short. Perhaps the reason we are unable to love is that we yearn to be loved, that is, we demand something (love) from our partner instead of delivering ourselves up to him demand-free and asking for nothing but his company.

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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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In spite of their love, they had made each other's life a hell. The fact that they loved each other was merely proof that the fault lay not in themselves, in their behavior or inconstancy of feeling, but rather in their incompatibility: he was strong and she was weak.

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"أي شخص هدفه هو "الشئ الأعلى" عليه أن يتوقع يوماً ما المعاناة من الدوار. ما هو الدوار؟ الخوف من السقوط؟ لا، الدوار شئ مختلف عن الخوف من السقوط. إنه صوت الفراغ من تحتنا والذي يجتذبنا ويغرينا، إنه الرغبة في السقوط، والتي في مقابلها، وبفزع، ندافع عن أنفسنا."

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