Oh lovers! Be careful in those dangerous first days! Once you've brought breakfast in bed you'll have to bring it forever, unless you want to be accused of lovelessness and betrayal.
—The Book of Laughter and Forgetting, Novelist, Milan Kundera
哦,愛人們啊!在那些危險(xiǎn)的、最初的日子里,一定要小心!一旦你把早餐端到床邊,你就得一直這樣做,除非你想要被指責(zé)為不再愛了、背叛了。
——《笑忘錄》米蘭·昆德拉,小說家
All the basic situations in life occur only once, never to return. For a man to be a man, he must be fully aware of this never-to-return. Drink it to the dregs. No cheating allowed. No making believe it's not there.
——The Joke, Writer, Milan Kundera
生活中一切重要時刻都只是一次性的,永不回頭。一個男子漢要成為男子漢,他就應(yīng)當(dāng)完完全全明白這一點(diǎn)。但愿他不要自欺欺人!但愿他不要裝作不知道!
——米蘭·昆德拉,作家,《玩笑》
A person who longs to leave the place where he lives is an unhappy person.
—The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Writer, Milan Kundera
一個渴望離開自己生活的地方的人,是不幸福的人。
——《不能承受的生命之輕》,米蘭·昆德拉,作家
She loved to walk down the street with a book under her arm. It had the same significance for her as an elegant cane for the dandy a century ago. It differentiated her from others.
— The Unbearable Lightness of Being,Milan Kundera
走在街上的時候,她喜歡用胳膊夾本書。對于她而言,這么做很重要。就好像,一個世紀(jì)前的公子哥必須要有一支精美的手杖。這讓她與眾不同。
——米蘭·昆德拉《不能承受的生命之輕》