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No one can give anyone else the gift of the idyll only an animal can do so, because only animals were not expelled from Paradise. The love between dog and man is idyllic. It knows no conflicts, no hair-raising scenes it knows no development.

Milan Kundera

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Milan Kundera
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: April 1
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