Rhen Bean

“She threw her arms around him and smothered him with kisses. She had an overwhelming desire to tell him, like the most banal of women, Don't let me go, hold me tight, make me your plaything, you slave, be strong! But they were words she could not say.
The only thing she said when he released her from his embrace was, "You don't know how happy I am to be with you." That was the most her reserved nature allowed her to express.”
― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

“Her first thought was that he had to come back because of her; because of her, he had changed his destiny. Now he would no longer be responsible for her; now she was responsible for him.”
― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

“Remember God’s words to Pharaoh, through Moses, 'Let my people go, so that they may worship me in the desert' (Ex. 7:16 NIV). It was not 'Let My people go, so they can inherit a land.' Why would Moses take them to their promised land before first introducing them to the Promiser—the desire of the ages? If he first brought them to the promised land they would end up loving the promises more than the Promiser, God Himself.”
― John Bevere, Drawing Near

“Unintentional beauty. Yes. Another way of putting it might be 'beauty by mistake.' Before beauty disappears entirely from the earth, it will go on existing for a while by mistake. 'Beauty by mistake'--the final phase in the history of beauty.”
― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being