He yearned to step out of his life the way one steps out of a house into the street.
—Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
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The realization that he was utterly powerless was like the blow of a sledgehammer, yet it was curiously calming as well.
—Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
We can never know what to want, because, living only one life, we can neither compare it with our previous lives nor perfect it in our lives to come.
—Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being