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The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
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bookshelves: 1001, drunk-book-club
Read 2 times. Last read November 1, 2009.

"He remained annoyed with himself until he realized that not knowing what he wanted was actually quite natural.

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.

Was it better to be with Tereza or to remain alone?

There is no means of testing which decision is better, because there is no basis for comparison. We live everything as it comes, without warning, like an actor going on cold. And what can life be worth if the first rehearsal for life is life itself? That is why life is always like a sketch. No, "sketch" is not quite the word, because a sketch is an outline of something, the groundwork for a picture, whereas the sketch that is our life a sketch for nothing, an outline with no picture."
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Reading Progress

Finished Reading (Other Paperback Edition)
Started Reading
November 1, 2009 – Finished Reading
December 8, 2010 – Shelved
November 1, 2012 – Shelved as: 1001 (Other Paperback Edition)
November 1, 2012 – Shelved (Other Paperback Edition)
October 7, 2013 – Shelved as: 1001
October 30, 2013 – Shelved as: drunk-book-club

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