The heavier the burden,

the closer our lives come to the earth,

the more real and truthful they become.

Conversely, the absolute absence of a burden

causes man to be ligher than air,

to soar into the heights,

take leave of the earth and his earthly being,

and become only half real,

his movementas free as they are insignificant.

What then shall we choose? Weight or lightness?

~Milan Kundera, The unbearable lightness of being~

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