Excerpt from "The Joke"

"Sometimes (more in sport than from real concern) I defended myself against the charge of individualism. I demanded that my colleagues prove to me why I was an individualist. For want of concrete evidence they would say, 'Because you act like one.' 'How do I act?' 'You have a strange kind of smile.' 'And if I do? Thats how I express my joy.' 'No, you smile as though you were thinking to yourself.'"

-Milan Kundera