The Unbearable Lightness of Being -IV

I know, I know, its been very long since I have posted anything from The Unbearable Lightness, and I'm sure its been bothering you as well. You may just not have realized it. It's okay. It's here now. Something to think about, and admire Kundera for the geniusness of his words and the universal truths he managed to decipher and state so matter-of-factly as though they were common knowledge.

“The heaviest of burdens crushes us, we sink beneath it, it pins us to the ground. But in love poetry of every age, the woman longs to be weighed down by the man's body.The heaviest of burdens is therefore simultaneously an image of life's most intense fulfillment. The heavier the burden, the closer our lives come to the earth, the more real and truthful they become. Conversely, the absolute absence of burden causes man to be lighter than air, to soar into heights, take leave of the earth and his earthly being, and become only half real, his movements as free as they are insignificant. What then shall we choose? Weight or lightness?”

The Unbearable Lightness of Being-III

I'm having  a terrible day so far. Which is surprising because I dressed up for a good day today. So was really caught off-guard by it all.Not surprisingly it is always a work issue.
So I felt Milan Kundera today again.

“People are always shouting they want to create a better future. It's not true. The future is an apathetic void of no interest to anyone. The past is full of life, eager to irritate us, provoke and insult us, tempt us to destroy or repaint it. The only reason people want to be masters of the future is to change the past.”

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

As I've mentioned before, I love this book. And this whole book is practically my favourtie quote. Like it gives some insights about human nature, the world, love, life, etc that are so endearing that its hard not to fall in love with the whole thing
One of my favorites from the book :

" When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object "

What do we want?

 One of my favorite quotes for The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera:

"We can never know what to want, because, living only one life, we can neither compare it with our previous lives nor perfect it in our lives to come."

 I really need to re-read this book.