Milan Kundera Quotes

In The Unbearable Lightness Of Being, Tereza Lives With Tomas, But Her Love Requires Mobilization Of All Her Strength, And Suddenly She Can't Go On, She Longs To Retreat Down Below, To Where She Came From. And I Ask Myself: What Is Happening With Her? And This Is The Answer I Find: She Is Overcome By Vertigo. But What Is Vertigo? I Look For A Definition And I Say: "A Heady, Insuperable Longing To Fall." But Immediately I Correct Myself, I Sharpen The Definition: Vertigo Is "the Intoxication Of The Weak. Aware Of His Weakness, A Man Decides To Give In Rather Than Stand Up To It. He Is Drunk With Weakness, Wishes To Grow Even Weaker, Wishes To Fall Down In The Middle Of The Main Square In Front Of Everybody, Wishes To Be Down, Lower Than Down. Vertigo Is One Of The Keys To Understanding Tereza

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