But isn't it true that an author can write only about himsel... - Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

"I want you to be weak. As weak as I am."

"The longing for Paradise is man's longing not to be man."

"Tereza knew what happens during the moment love is born: the woman cannot resist the voice calling forth her terrified soul; the man cannot resist the woman whose soul thus responds to his voice."

"Tomas did not realize at the time that metaphors are dangerous. Metaphors are not to be trifled with. A single metaphor can give birth to love."

"When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object."