“"Why don't you ever use your strength on me?" she said.
"Because love means renouncing strength," said Franz softly.”

—  Milan Kundera, book The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Source: The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1984), Part Three: Words Misunderstood

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Czech author of Czech and French literature 1929–2023

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