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Fidelity gives a unity to lives that would otherwise splinter into thousands of split-second impressions.

Milan Kundera

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Milan Kundera
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: April 1
Author
Novelist
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Brünn
Second
Impressions
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Fidelity
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Would
Thousands
Impression
Unity
Splinter
Otherwise
Splinters

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