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The novel is a meditation on existence as seen through the medium of imaginary characters.

Milan Kundera

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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
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Imaginary
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Novel
Seen
Existence

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Nudity is the uniform of the other side... nudity is a shroud.
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I cannot hate them because nothing binds me to them I have nothing in common with them.
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Even in the game there lurks a lack of freedom even in a game is a trap for the players.
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The reign of imagagology begins where history ends.
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Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
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it is wrong to chide the novel for being fascinated by mysterious coincidences... but it is right to chide man for being blind to such coincidences in his daily life. For he thereby deprives his life a dimension of beauty.
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For he was aware of the great secret of life: Women don't look for handsome men. Women look for men who have had beautiful women. Having an ugly mistress is therefore a fatal mistake.
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The longing for order is at the same time a longing for death, because life is an incessant disruption of order.
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The more vast the amount of time we've left behind us, the more irresistible is the voice calling us to return to it.
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