“Happiness is the longing for repetition.”
Milan Kundera (1929–2023) Czech author of Czech and French literature
“And therein lies the whole of man's plight. Human time does not turn in a circle; it runs ahead in a straight line. That is why man cannot be happy: happiness is the longing for repetition.”
Source: The Unbearable Lightness of Being
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