“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.”

pg 160
Source: The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1984), Part Four: Soul and Body

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Czech author of Czech and French literature 1929–2023

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