Milan Kundera Quotes about Love

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You can't measure the mutual affection of two human beings by the number of words they exchange.

You can't measure the mutual affection of two human beings by the number of words they exchange.

Milan Kundera

Love, Two, Numbers

"Identity". Book by Milan Kundera, 1998.

Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. And in this respect mankind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it.

Milan Kundera

Love, Peace, Nature

"The Unbearable Lightness of Being". Book by Milan Kundera, 1984.

Making love with a woman and sleeping with a woman are two separate passions, not merely different but opposite. Love does not make itself felt in the desire for copulation (a desire that extends to an infinite number of women) but in the desire for shared sleep (a desire limited to one woman).

Milan Kundera

Love, Sleep, Passion

"The Unbearable Lightness of Being". Book by Milan Kundera, 1984.

Two people in love, alone, isolated from the world, that's beautiful.

Milan Kundera

Love, Beautiful, Two

A constant interrogation.

Milan Kundera

Love, Constant, Interrogation

We can never establish with certainty what part of our relations with others is the result of our emotions - love, antipathy, charity, or malice - and what part is predetermined by the constant power play among individuals.

Milan Kundera

Love, Inspirational, Relationship

Metaphors are dangerous. Love begins with a metaphor. Which is to say, love begins at the point when a woman enters her first word into our poetic memory.

Milan Kundera

Love, Dream, Memories

Perhaps the reason we are unable to love is that we yearn to be loved, that is, we demand something - love - from our partner instead of delivering ourselves up to him demand-free and asking for nothing but his company.

Milan Kundera

Love, Asking, Demand

"The Unbearable Lightness of Being". Book by Milan Kundera, 1984.