Quotes by Milan Kundera, The Joke

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Youth is terrible: it is a stage trod by children in buskins and a variety of costumes mouthing speeches they've memoriz — Milan Kundera, The Joke
I had all kinds of answers ready for the commissions that called me in and asked me what had made me become a Communist, — Milan Kundera, The Joke
Their message will never be decoded, not only because there is no key to it, but also because people have no patience to — Milan Kundera, The Joke
Their message will never be decoded… because people have no patience to listen to it in an age when the accumulation of — Milan Kundera, The Joke
How would I explain to him that I couldn’t make peace with him? How would I explain that if I did I would immediately lo — Milan Kundera, The Joke
People who shout joy from the rooftops are often the saddest of all. — Milan Kundera, The Joke
A person's destiny often ends before his death. — Milan Kundera, The Joke
Who was the real me? I can only repeat: I was a man of many faces.At meetings I was earnest, enthusiastic, and committed — Milan Kundera, The Joke
Do stories, apart from happening, being, have something to say? For all my skepticism, some trace of irrational supersti — Milan Kundera, The Joke
I was not a hypocrite, with one real face and several false ones. I had several faces because I was young and didn't kno — Milan Kundera, The Joke
She spoke about it with such emphasis (somewhat affected) that I could see at once that I was hearing the manifesto of h — Milan Kundera, The Joke
Youth is a terrible thing: it is a stage trod by children in buskins and fancy costumes mouthing speeches they've memori — Milan Kundera, The Joke
Most people willingly deceive themselves with a doubly false faith; they believe in eternal memory (of men, things, deed — Milan Kundera, The Joke
Until that day at the dress department Lucie had been many things to me: a child, a source of comfort, a balm, an escape — Milan Kundera, The Joke