The brain appears to possess a special area which we might call poetic memory and which records everything that charms or touches us, that makes our lives beautiful... Love begins with a metaphor. Which is to say, love begins at the point when a woman enters her first word into our poetic memory.

Milan Kundera

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

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Topic

Memory Love

Author

Milan Kundera

Source

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Medium

Novel

Language

Czech

Time

1984 1980s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

Czech Republic Europe

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Original Citation

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

Current Citation

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

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Do you believe in miracles? Yes!

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Topic
Sports
Speaker
Al Michaels
Medium
TV broadcast
Statement Type
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Language
English
Time
1980 1980s 20th century
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Citation

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Another quote about Love

If music be the food of love, play on.
Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken and so die.

William Shakespeare

Twelfth Night

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Topic
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Author

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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Statement Type
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Language
English
Time
1602 1600s 17th century
Era
European Renaissance
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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Twelfth Night, Or What You Will. 1602, Middle Temple Hall, London, England, UK, act 1, sc. 1.

Current Citation

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