Difficult folk, these women!

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?..."

Cowardice is the most terrible of vices.

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!

But what can be done, the one who loves must share the fate of the who is loved.

The tongue may hide the truth but the eyes—never!

There are places and spaces you will never see or know, unless you move NOW!!

The only real radicalism in our time will come as it always has—from people who insist on thinking for themselves and who reject party-mindedness.

In the history of man, there has been and always will be more horses' asses than horses.

There is a fine line between paranoia and sensibly caring for our already overburdened bodies.

Marriage is not just spiritual communion, it is also remembering to take out the trash.

I've decided I'm going to live this life for some time to come. The freedom and simple beauty is just too good to pass up.

National security rests on the credible threat of a form of warfare universally condemned since the Dark Ages, the wholesale slaughter of noncombatants.

We will discuss the issue and the rumors surrounding it with the agency. It is not very sensitive or ambiguous.

Habit is everything, even in love.

The international music scene has grown so much, and America is sort of following that.