Quote from it runs ahead in a straight line. That is why man cannot be happy: happiness is the longing for repetition. Post author By Beautiful Quotes Post date May 30, 2022 No Comments on Quote from it runs ahead in a straight line. That is why man cannot be happy: happiness is the longing for repetition. And therein lies the whole of man’s plight. Human time does not turn in a circle Tags it runs ahead in a straight line. That is why man cannot be happy: happiness is the longing for repetition., it runs ahead in a straight line. That is why man cannot be happy: happiness is the longing for repetition.Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being