But the longer a man grows in his own darkness, the more his outer form diminishes

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About Milan Kundera

Milan Kundera (1 April 1929 – 11 July 2023) was a Franco-Czech novelist born in Brno, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic).

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Children, you are the future,' he said, and today I realize he did not mean it the way it sounded. The reason children are the future is not that they will one day be grownups. No, the reason is that mankind is moving more and more in the direction of infancy, and childhood is the image of the future.

Колкото по-голямо бреме тегне върху нашия живот, толкова по-близо е той до земята, толкова по-истински и правдив е.
И обратното: абсолютната липса на бреме прави човека по-лек от въздуха, той литва нагоре, откъсва се от земята, от земното битие, става полуреален и движенията му са колкото свободни, толкова и лишени от смисъл.