“Jealousy isn't a pleasant quality, but if it isn't overdone (and if it's combined with modesty), apart from its inconvenience there's even something touching about it.”

— Milan Kundera , book Laughable Loves

Source: Laughable Loves

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Czech author of Czech and French literature 1929–2023

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