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When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object.

Milan Kundera

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Milan Kundera
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: April 1
Author
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
Screenwriter
Translator
University Teacher
Writer
Brünn
Inspirational
Kitsch
Heart
Lightness
Mind
Unbearable
Speaks
Finds
Object
Objects
Speak
Indecent

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