in Quotes & Aphorisms (Wisdom)
Kitsch is the stopover between being and oblivion.
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Citations by Milan Kundera
in Quotes & Aphorisms (Moods)
Pain doesn't listen to reason, it has its own reason, which is not reasonable.
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We can regard the gulag as a septic tank used by totalitarian kitsch to dispose of its refuse.
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Whenever a single political movement corners power, we find ourselves in the realm of totalitarian kitsch. When I say "totalitarian," what I mean is that everything that infringes on kitsch must be banished for life: every display of individualism (because a deviation from the collective is a spit in the eye of the smiling brotherhood); every doubt (because anyone who starts doubting details will end by doubting life itself); all irony (because in the realm of kitsch everything must be taken quite seriously); and the mother who abandons her family or the man who prefers men to women, thereby calling into question the holy decree "Be fruitful and multiply."
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Books)
Once the writer in every individual comes to life (and that time is not far off), we are in for an age of universal deafness and lack of understanding.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Love)
When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object. In the realm of kitsch, the dictatorship of the heart reigns supreme.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Love)
Love is the longing for the half of ourselves we have lost.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Love)
It is always that way: between the moment he meets her again and the moment he recognizes her for the woman he loves, he has some distance to go.
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The goals we pursue are always veiled. A girl who longs for marriage longs for something she knows nothing about. The boy who hankers after fame has no idea what fame is. The thing that gives our every move its meaning is always totally unknown to us.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Moods)
In the sunset of dissolution, everything is illuminated by the aura of nostalgia.
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