"如果我们生命的每一秒钟的无限重复，我们就会像耶稣被钉死在十字架上一样被钉死在永恒上。" —— 《不能承受的生命之轻》 "When we are eternally bound by the repetition of the same second, we are crucified on eternity like Jesus Christ on the cross." —— The Unbearable Lightness of Being

"此刻他猛然惊诧地发现其实自己并非不行。萨比娜的人在不在根本不想他所以为的那么重要。重要的是她在他生命当中留下的那道灿烂而神奇的印记，无人可以夺走。" —— 《不可承受的生命之轻》 "At this moment, he was suddenly surprised to find that he was not as incapable as he thought. Whether Sabina was there or not was not as important as he had imagined. What mattered was the brilliant and magical mark she had left in his life, which no one could take away." —— The Unbearable Lightness of Being

"爱情一旦公之于众会变得沉重，成为负担。" —— 《不能承受的生命之轻》 "Once love is revealed to the public, it becomes heavy, becomes a burden." —— The Unbearable Lightness of Being

"生命中不能承受的，不是存在，而是不能发现自我，并成为自我。" "The unbearable in life is not existence, but the inability to find oneself and become oneself."

"人是为了反抗过去才成就未来的。" —— 《好笑的爱》 "Man achieves the future by rebelling against the past." —— Laughable Loves

 "最沉重的负担压迫着我们，让我们屈服于它，把我们压到地上。但在历代的爱情诗中，女人总渴望承受一个男人身体的重量。于是，最沉重的负担同时也成了最强盛的生命力的影像。" —— 《不能承受的生命之轻》 "The heaviest burden oppresses us, makes us bend under it, and lays us down on the ground. But in the love poems of all ages, women long to bear the weight of a man's body. Thus, the heaviest burden also becomes the image of the strongest vitality." —— The Unbearable Lightness of Being

"Beauty is a rebellion against time." 美是对时间的反抗。 ——米兰•昆德拉 

"The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything."

人们的愚蠢来自凡事都有一个答案。小说的智慧来自凡事都有一个问题。 ——米兰•昆德拉《笑忘录》

"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

." 噢！恋人们，在这危险的热恋初期你们可要多加注意！如果这些天里你把早餐给他（她）端上床来，今后就要天天给端上来，否则你就会遭到不爱或不忠的指责。 ——米兰•昆德拉《笑忘录》

"We must never allow the future to collapse under the burden of memory.

" 我们绝不能让未来在回忆的重压下崩溃。 ——米兰•昆德拉《笑忘录》

"The future is only an indifferent void no one cares about, but the past is filled with life, and its countenance is irritating, repellent, wounding, to the point that we want to destroy or repaint it. We want to be masters of the future only for the power to change the past."

未来只是一个谁都不感兴趣的无关紧要的虚空，过去才是生机盎然的，它的面孔让人愤怒，惹人恼火，给人伤害，以至我们要毁掉它或重新描绘它。人们只是为了能够改变过去，才要成为未来的主人。 ——米兰•昆德拉《笑忘录》

"It takes so little, so infinitely little, for a person to cross the border beyond which everything loses meaning: love, convictions, faith, history." 只需要有一点风吹草动、一丁点儿的东西，我们就会落到边界的另一端，在那里，没有什么东西是有意义的：爱情、信念、信仰、历史等等。 ——米兰•昆德拉《笑忘录》

"人永远都无法知道自己该要做什么，因为人只能活一次，既不能拿它跟前世相比，也不能在来生加以修正。没有任何方法可以检验哪种选择是好的，因为不存在任何比较。一切都是马上经历，仅此一次，不能准备，好像一个演员没有排练就上了舞台。" —— 《不能承受的生命之轻》 "Humans are never able to know what they ought to do, because they only live once, and they can neither compare it with a previous life nor correct it in a next life. There is no way to verify which choice is good, because there is no comparison. Everything is experienced immediately, only once, without preparation, as if an actor had to go on stage without rehearsal." —— The Unbearable Lightness of Being 

"在这个世界里，一切都预先被原谅了，一切皆可笑地被允许了。" —— 《不能承受的生命之轻》 "In this world, everything is pre-forgave, and everything is laughably allowed." —— The Unbearable Lightness of Being "

最沉重的负担压迫着我们，让我们屈服于它，把我们压到地上。但在历代的爱情诗中，女人总渴望承受一个男人身体的重量。于是，最沉重的负担同时也成了最强盛的生命力的影像。" —— 《不能承受的生命之轻》 "The heaviest burden oppresses us, making us succumb to it and pressing us to the ground. But in the love poems of all ages, women always yearn to bear the weight of a man's body. Thus, the heaviest burden also becomes the image of the most vigorous vitality." —— The Unbearable Lightness of Being "

Living, there is no happiness in that. Living: carrying one’s painful self through the world. But being, being is happiness. Being: Becoming a fountain, a fountain on which the universe falls like warm rain." —— 《不朽》

"Living offers no happiness. Living means carrying one's painful self through the world. But existing, existing is happiness. Existing is becoming a fountain, a fountain upon which the universe falls like warm rain." —— Immortality

 "记忆与遗忘是构成人类存在的两个基本要素。" —— 米兰昆德拉 "Memory and oblivion are the two essential elements that make up human existence." —— Milan Kundera 

"爱是一种力量，它可以超越时间和空间的限制。" —— 米兰昆德拉 "Love is a force that can transcend the limitations of time and space." —— Milan Kundera

Beauty is a rebellion against time." 美是对时间的反抗。 ——米兰•昆德拉 "

The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything.

" 人们的愚蠢来自凡事都有一个答案。小说的智慧来自凡事都有一个问题。 ——米兰•昆德拉《笑忘录》

"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."

噢！恋人们，在这危险的热恋初期你们可要多加注意！如果这些天里你把早餐给他（她）端上床来，今后就要天天给端上来，否则你就会遭到不爱或不忠的指责。 ——米兰•昆德拉《笑忘录》

"We must never allow the future to collapse under the burden of memory." 我们绝不能让未来在回忆的重压下崩溃。 ——米兰•昆德拉《笑忘录》

"The future is only an indifferent void no one cares about, but the past is filled with life, and its countenance is irritating, repellent, wounding, to the point that we want to destroy or repaint it. We want to be masters of the future only for the power to change the past."

未来只是一个谁都不感兴趣的无关紧要的虚空，过去才是生机盎然的，它的面孔让人愤怒，惹人恼火，给人伤害，以至我们要毁掉它或重新描绘它。人们只是为了能够改变过去，才要成为未来的主人。 ——米兰•昆德拉《笑忘录》

"It takes so little, so infinitely little, for a person to cross the border beyond which everything loses meaning: love, convictions, faith, history."

如果我们生命的每一秒钟的无限重复，我们就会像耶稣被钉死在十字架上一样被钉死在永恒上。" —— 《不能承受的生命之轻》 "When we are eternally bound by the repetition of the same second, we are crucified on eternity like Jesus Christ on the cross." —— The Unbearable Lightness of Being 

"此刻他猛然惊诧地发现其实自己并非不行。萨比娜的人在不在根本不想他所以为的那么重要。重要的是她在他生命当中留下的那道灿烂而神奇的印记，无人可以夺走。" —— 《不可承受的生命之轻》 "At this moment, he was suddenly surprised to find that he was not as incapable as he thought. Whether Sabina was there or not was not as important as he had imagined. What mattered was the brilliant and magical mark she had left in his life, which no one could take away." —— The Unbearable Lightness of Being 

"爱情一旦公之于众会变得沉重，成为负担。" —— 《不能承受的生命之轻》 "Once love is revealed to the public, it becomes heavy, becomes a burden." —— The Unbearable Lightness of Being "

生命中不能承受的，不是存在，而是不能发现自我，并成为自我。" "The unbearable in life is not existence, but the inability to find oneself and become oneself."

"人是为了反抗过去才成就未来的。" —— 《好笑的爱》 "Man achieves the future by rebelling against the past." —— Laughable Loves "

最沉重的负担压迫着我们，让我们屈服于它，把我们压到地上。但在历代的爱情诗中，女人总渴望承受一个男人身体的重量。于是，最沉重的负担同时也成了最强盛的生命力的影像。" —— 《不能承受的生命之轻》 "The heaviest burden oppresses us, makes us bend under it, and lays us down on the ground. But in the love poems of all ages, women long to bear the weight of a man's body. Thus, the heaviest burden also becomes the image of the strongest vitality." —— The Unbearable Lightness of Being.