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Noise has one advantage. It drowns out words.

Milan Kundera

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

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Suspending moral judgment is not the immorality of the novel it is its morality.
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In the sunset of dissolution, everything is illuminated by the aura of nostalgia, even the guillotine.
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People are always shouting they want to create a better future. It's not true. The future is an apathetic void of no interest to anyone. The past is full of life, eager to irritate us, provoke and insult us, tempt us to destroy or repaint it. The only reason people want to be masters of the future is to change the past.
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