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!

and a fact is the most stubborn thing in the world.

Your strength is greater than your struggles.

In the silence, while awaiting the distant footsteps of death he heard someone weeping! O God, was that you?

Theres heaven in the sweet by and by but there is to be victory in the nasty now and now.

What feminism calls patriarchy is simply civilization , an abstract system designed by men but augmented and now co-owned by women.

That's the thing about us lawyers - if at all possible, we will consume each other.

I had an essence in my life that I was nothing.

I've found it easier to write, to coalesce my thoughts, since having children. It brings you back to what you experienced yourself as a child, and you empathize with what your parents went through.

Just being able to express myself and reach so many other people by doing so is really great!

the Irish ... are full of the fear of the Lord and the joy of living, and they don't know how to combine the two, but they'll sure have a good time trying.

I've wanted recognition; I wanted success; I wanted appreciation; I love the perks of being in the movies. I love the fame that comes with it - but that's why I became an actor.