Milan Kundera (UK: KU(U)N-dər-ə; Czech: [ˈmɪlan ˈkundɛra] ; 1 April 1929 – 11 July 2023) was a Czech and French novelist. Kundera went into exile in France in 1975, acquiring citizenship in 1981. His Czechoslovak citizenship was revoked in 1979, but he was granted Czech citizenship in 2019.
Young is the one that plunges in the future and never looks back.
The sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness.
If we don't change direction soon, we'll end up where we're going.
If I can't change something, I don't waste energy on it.
—Jennifer Castle in The Beginning of After