When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object.

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When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object.

Milan Kundera

The Unbearable Lightness of Being · 1984

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Reason and emotion The heart Emotions The mind Reason

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1984

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Milan Kundera

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Kundera, Milan. The Unbearable Lightness of Being, translated by Michael Henry Heim. Harper Perennial, 2009.

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Kundera, Milan. L'insoutenable légèreté de l'être [The Unbearable Lightness of Being]. Gallimard, 1984.

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When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object. — Milan Kundera

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