Milan Kundera Quotes About Joy

Quotes about: Joy

• The sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness.

  Milan Kundera

  Happiness, Laughter, Joy

• Happiness is the longing for repetition.

  Milan Kundera

  Happiness, Laughter, Joy

• Until that time, her betrayals had filled her with excitement and joy, because they opened up new paths to new adventures of betrayal. But what if the paths came to an end? One could betray one's parents, husband, country, love, but when parents, husband, country, and love were gone - what was left to betray?

  Milan Kundera

  Country, Husband, Betrayal

• ...[P]eople who shout joy from the rooftops are often the saddest of all... (p.24)

  Milan Kundera

  Joy, Rooftops, Saddest

• Because beyond their practical function, all gestures have a meaning that exceeds the intention of those who make them; when people in bathing suits fling themselves into the water, it is joy itself that shows in the gesture, notwithstanding any sadness the divers may actually feel. When someone jumps into the water fully clothed, it is another thing entirely: the only person who jumps into the water fully clothed is a person trying to drown; and a person trying to drown does not dive headfirst; he lets himself fall: thus speaks the immemorial language of gestures.

  Milan Kundera

  Fall, Sadness, Water

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