Life cannot be destroyed for good, neither … can history be brought entirely to a halt. A secret streamlet trickles on beneath the heavy lid of inertia and pseudo-events, slowly and inconspicuously undercutting it. It may be a long process, but one day it must happen: the lid will no longer hold and will start to crack. This is the moment when something once more begins visibly to happen, something truly new and unique … something truly historical, in the sense that history again demands to be heard.

Author: Václav Havel
Year: 1975
Year evidence: Open letter to Dr. Gustáv Husák , Communist President (8 April 1975)
Source: Quotes — Open letter to Dr. Gustáv Husák , Communist President (8 April 1975)
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