I want you to be weak. As weak as I am. - Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

"And therein lies the whole of man's plight. Human time does not turn in a circle; it runs ahead in a straight line. That is why man cannot be happy: happiness is the longing for repetition."

"Physical love is unthinkable without violence."

"Dogs do not have many advantages over people, but one of them is extremely important: euthanasia is not forbidden by law in their case; animals have the right to a merciful death."

"But isn't it true that an author can write only about himself?"

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