“Anyone whose goal is 'something higher' must expect someday to suffer vertigo. What is vertigo? Fear of falling? No, Vertigo is something other than fear of falling. It is the voice of the emptiness below us which tempts and lures us, it is the desire to fall, against which, terrified, we defend ourselves.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything.”
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“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
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