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...he took a look at the blond girl's eyes and knew that he must not take part in the rigged game in which the ephemeral passes for the eternal and the small for the big, that he must not take part in the rigged game called love.

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Milan Kundera
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: April 1
Author
Novelist
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University Teacher
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Brünn
Took
Bigs
Game
Girl
Knew
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Called
Blond
Look
Small
Rigged
Looks
Eyes
Ephemeral
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Games
Passes
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Eternal
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