Quotation by

Milan Kundera

Metaphors are dangerous. 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

Love

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Kundera suggests that love starts when we use imaginative language to describe someone, creating a symbolic idea rather than just seeing them as they are. This means love is tied to the stories and images we build in our minds, which can both inspire and mislead us.

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