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Laughable Loves

Name: Laughable Loves
Author: Milan Kundera

Milan KunderaOriginal title Směšné lásky (Czech, 1970)

Laughable Loves is a collection of seven short stories written by Milan Kundera in which he presents his characteristic savage humour by mixing the extremes of tragedy with comic situations in relationships.

“Only after a while did it occur to me (in spite of the chilly silence which surrounded me) that my story was not of the tragic sort, but rather of the comic variety.

At any rate that afforded me some comfort.”

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“The worth of a human being lies in the ability to extend oneself, to go outside oneself, to exist in and for other people.”

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“But what had happened, had happened, and it was no longer possible to right anything.”

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“She was aware that in love even the most passionate idealism will not rid the body's surface of its terrible, basic importance.”

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“Ah, ladies and gentlemen, a man lives a sad life when he cannot take anything or anyone seriously.”

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“Yes, it's a well-known fact about you: you're like death, you take everything.”

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“It was futile to attack with reason the stout wall of irrational feelings that, as is known, is the stuff of which the female mind is made.”

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“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.”

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“Fortunately women have the miraculous ability to change the meaning of their actions after the event.”

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“A man is responsible for his ignorance.”

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