Mikhail Bulgakov Quotes
Is that vodka?" Margarita asked weakly. The cat jumped up in his seat with indignation. "I beg pardon, my queen," he rasped, "Would I ever allow myself to offer vodka to a lady? This is pure alcohol!
"We speak different languages, as usual," responded Woland, "but this does not change the things we speak about. Well?..."
Everything will turn out right, the world is built on that.
What would your good do if evil didn't exist, and what would the earth look like if all the shadows disappeared?
You should never ask anyone for anything. Never- and especially from those who are more powerful than yourself.
he was coming to understand he could not come to rectify anything in his life, only forget.
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!
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!
just like a murderer jumps of nowhere in an ally, love jumped out in front of us and struck us both at once
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.
I suppose that in no educational institution can one become an educated person.
I challenge you to a duel!” screamed the cat, sailing over their heads on the swinging chandelier.
Foreign visitors . . . how impressed you all are with foreign visitors! But they come in many different varieties.
Nobody should be whipped. Remember that, once and for all. Neither man nor animal can be influenced by anything but suggestion.
If it is true that cowardice is the most grave vice, then the dog, at least, is not guilty of it.
For some reason, cats are usually addressed familiarly, though no cat has ever drunk bruderschaft with anyone.
Don't be afraid, Queen ... don't be afraid, Queen, the blood has long since gone into the earth. And where it was spilled, grapevines are already growing.
The darkness that had come in from the Mediterranean covered the city so detested by the procurator.
You were right," said the Master impressed by the neatness of Korovyov's work, "when you said: no documents, no person. So that means I don't exist since I don't have any documents.
Never ask for anything! Never for anything, and especially from those who are stronger than you. They'll make the offer themselves, and give everything themselves.
I had the pleasure of meeting that young man at the Patriarch's Ponds. He almost drove me mad myself, proving to me that I don't exist. But you do believe that it is really I?
In the first few seconds an aching sadness wrenched his heart, but it soon gave way to a feeling of sweet disquiet, the excitement of gypsy wanderlust
Who ever told you there is no such thing in the world as real, true, everlasting love? May the liar have his despicable tongue cut out!
Cowardice was undoubtedly one of the most terrible vices - thus spoke Yeshua Ha-Nozri. 'No, philosopher, I disagree with you: it is the most terrible vice!
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!
I wouldn’t like to meet you when you’ve got a revolver,” said Margarita with a coquettish look at Azazello. She had a passion for people who did things well.
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.
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.
He's clever,' thought Ivan,' I must admit there are some smart people even among the intelligentsia