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Quote by Milan Kundera

“On the surface, an intelligible lie; underneath, the unintelligible truth.”

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Milan Kundera is a renowned Czech-French writer known for his profound psychological insights and unique narrative techniques. His works often explore themes of personal freedom, love, morality, and existentialism, with notable titles including 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being' and 'The Joke'. more

“I saw my town as if I had just arrived. It was as if I was waking up. You see houses and buildings every day, and you walk by them on your way to something else, and you hardly see. You hardly notice they're even there, mostly because there's something else going on right in front of your face, But when the town itself becomes the thing that is going on right in front of your face, it all changes, and you're not just looking at a house, but at what's happened in that house before you were born.”

Ifs Way Faces House Born Walks Saws Happened Fronts Building Wake Up Towns Your Face Waking

Book:The Wednesday Wars

Source: The Wednesday Wars

“Nature, keeping only useless secrets, had placed within reach and in sight of human beings the things it was necessary for them to know.”

Knows Humans Human Beings Secret Sight Useless Within Reach

Book:The History of Sexuality, Vol. 3: The Care of the Self

Source: The History of Sexuality, Vol. 3: The Care of the Self

“It'll be messy, but after a day you'll be zipping around as though you were a thousand years old again.”

Years Thousand Thousand Years Messy

Book:Artemis Fowl

Source: Artemis Fowl