Milan Kundera

“We can never know what to want, because, living only one life, we can neither compare it with

“Once the writer in every individual comes to life (and that time is not far off), we are in for an age of universal deafness and lack of understanding. [published in 1979]” (The Book of Laughter and Forgetting)

“How goodness heightens beauty!”
— Milan Kundera

“And I ran after that voice through the streets so as not to lose sight of the splendid wreath of bodies gliding over the city, and I realized with anguish in my heart that they were flying like birds and I was falling like a stone, that they had wings and I would never have any.”
(The Book of Laughter and Forgetting)

“All great novels, all true novels, are bisexual.”

“The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting”

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White Roses to You

O my Julia’s like a white, white rose
That ‘s newly sprung in June:
O my Julia ‘s like the melodie
That’s sweetly play’d in tune!

As fair art thou, my bonnie lass,
So deep in luve am I:
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
Till a’ the seas gang dry:

Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi’ the sun;
I will luve thee still, my dear,
While the sands o’ life shall run.

And fare thee weel, my only Julia,
And fare thee weel a while!
And I will come again, my Julia,
Tho’ it were ten thousand mile.

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Bernard Weber Quotes

Bernard Weber is a founder of New 7 Wonders, filmmaker, museum curator, aviator, and explorer. In 2007, the New Seven Wonders of the World project, led by the Canadian-Swiss company Bernard Weber, polled over 100 million people to choose the New Seven Wonders of the World. On July 7, 2007, the winners were announced in Lisbon, Portugal. I can’t believe some of these masterpieces didn’t make the cut the first time around.

“I believe that after more than 2,000 years it’s time to redefine the world wonders. Thanks to internet and the telephone, for the first time in history the whole world can take part in this process.”
Bernard Weber quote

“They should become symbols of unity in the modern world, just as the original seven wonders were symbols of the ancient world.”
Bernard Weber quote

“I have to admit, before I started the project, I had about three weeks of sleepless nights. The idea of the Greek concept has been there forever. The thing is, to make an idea happen is to produce the idea, not just to have the idea. I kind of thought, Jesus, the world is going to think I’m totally crazy. But if they think it makes sense, this will be a good thing.”

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