Ah, the joy of suckling! She lovingly watched the fishlike motions of the toothless mouth and she imagined that with her milk there flowed into her little son her deepest thoughts, concepts, and dreams.

The passage dwells on the intimate, almost mystical fantasy that motherhood can transmit not only nourishment but also inner life—“thoughts, concepts, and dreams”—through the body. Kundera’s phrasing (“fishlike motions,” “toothless mouth”) keeps the scene physical and slightly estranging, resisting sentimental idealization even as it acknowledges the mother’s rapture. The imagined flow of ideas with milk suggests a desire to fuse bodies and minds, to guarantee continuity of self in the child. At the same time, the very act of imagining hints at uncertainty: this is a projection, a wish to make maternal love into a form of authorship or legacy.