Foreign visitors . . . how impressed you all are with foreign visitors! But they come in many different varieties.

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!

If you treat every situation as a life and death matter, you'll die a lot of times.

...every human being is doomed to die, which is the greatest of all failures.

his unwavering confidence - but now, it feels like a brand of indifference

Poetry and beauty are always making peace. When you read something beautiful you find coexistence it breaks walls down.

A man of correct insight among those who are duped and deluded resembles one whose watch is right while all the clocks in the town give the wrong time.

The true leader is always led.

Got tight on absinthe last night. Did knife tricks.

Miroslav Holub seems to expect his readers to act like scientists, who are curious in every direction, take nothing for granted, and are willing to accept any truth, however unexpected.

Enjoy simple things with total intensity. Just a cup of tea can be a deep meditation.

Life minus love equals zero.