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How sad, ye Gods, how sad the...

How sad, ye Gods, how sad the world is at evening, how mysterious the mists over the swamps! You will know it when you have wandered astray in those mists, when you have suffered greatly before dying, when you have walked through the world carrying an unbearable burden. You know it two when you are weary and ready to leave this earth without regret; its mists; its swamps and its rivers; ready to give yourself into the arms of death with a light heart, knowing that death alone can comfort you.

Michael Bulgakov 77 quotes

just like a murderer jumps of...

just like a murderer jumps of nowhere in an ally, love jumped out in front of us and struck us both at once

Michael Bulgakov 77 quotes

He's clever,' thought Ivan,' ...

He's clever,' thought Ivan,' I must admit there are some smart people even among the intelligentsia

Michael Bulgakov 77 quotes

Follow me, reader! Who told y...

Follow me, reader! Who told you that there is no true, faithful, eternal love in this world! May the liar's vile tongue be cut out! Follow me, my reader, and me alone, and I will show you such a love!

Michael Bulgakov 77 quotes

In order to be in control, yo...

In order to be in control, you have to have a definite plan for at least a reasonable period of time. So how, may I ask, can man be in control if he can't even draw up a plan for a ridiculously short period of time, say, a thousand years, and is, moreover, unable to ensure his own safety for even the next day?

Michael Bulgakov 77 quotes

To speak the truth is easy an...

To speak the truth is easy and pleasant.

Michael Bulgakov 77 quotes

But would you kindly ponder t...

But would you kindly ponder this question: What would your good do if evil didn't exist, and what would the earth look like if all the shadows disappeared? After all, shadows are cast by things and people. Here is the shadow of my sword. But shadows also come from trees and living beings. Do you want to strip the earth of all trees and living things just because of your fantasy of enjoying naked light? You're stupid.

Michael Bulgakov 77 quotes

Cowardice is the most terribl...

Cowardice is the most terrible of vices.

Michael Bulgakov 77 quotes

Yes, man is mortal, but that ...

Yes, man is mortal, but that would be only half the trouble. The worst of it is that he's sometimes unexpectedly mortal—there's the trick!

Michael Bulgakov 77 quotes

Second freshness - that's wha...

Second freshness - that's what is nonsense! There is only one freshness - the first - and it is also the last. And if sturgeon is of the second freshness, that means it is simply rotten.

Michael Bulgakov 77 quotes

Not causing trouble, not touc...

Not causing trouble, not touching anything, fixing the primus.

Michael Bulgakov 77 quotes

To struggle against censorshi...

To struggle against censorship, whatever its nature, and whatever the power under which it exists, is my duty as a writer, as are calls for freedom of the press. I am a passionate supporter of that freedom, and I consider that if any writer were to imagine that he could prove he didn't need that freedom, then he would be like a fish affirming in public that it didn't need water.

Michael Bulgakov 77 quotes

Azazello begged her not to wo...

Azazello begged her not to worry, assuring her that he had seen not only naked women but also women with their skin flayed clean off

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Once upon a time there was a ...

Once upon a time there was a lady. She had no children, and no happiness either. And at first she cried for a long time, but then she became wicked.

Michael Bulgakov 77 quotes

You are not Dostoevsky,' said...

You are not Dostoevsky,' said the woman... 'You never can tell...' he answered. 'Dostoevsky is dead,' the woman said, a bit uncertainly. 'I protest!' he said with heat, 'Dostoevsky is immortal!

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You should never ask anyone f...

You should never ask anyone for anything. Never- and especially from those who are more powerful than yourself.

Michael Bulgakov 77 quotes

Punch a man on the nose, kick...

Punch a man on the nose, kick an old man downstairs, shoot somebody or any old thing like that, that’s my job. But argue with women in love—no thank you!

Michael Bulgakov 77 quotes

Everything passes away-suffer...

Everything passes away-suffering,pain, blood, hunger,pestilence. The sword will pass away too, but the stars will remain when the shadows of our presence and our deeds have vanished from the Earth. There is no man who does not know that. Why, then, will we not turn our eyes toward the stars? Why?

Michael Bulgakov 77 quotes

Once in 1919, when I was trav...

Once in 1919, when I was traveling at night by train, I wrote a short story. In the town where the train stopped, I took the story to the publisher of the newspaper who published the story.

Michael Bulgakov 77 quotes

My writing is progressing slo...

My writing is progressing slowly, but at least it's moving forward. I'm sure that's the case. The only problem is that I'm never absolutely certain that what I've written is any good.

Michael Bulgakov 77 quotes

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