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Mikhail Bulgakov
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„They have read your novel… and they said only one thing, that, unfortunately, it is not finished. So I wanted to show you your hero. He has been sitting here for about two thousand years, sleeping, but, when the moon is full, he is tormented, as you see, by insomnia. And it torments not only him, but his faithful guardian, the dog. If it is true that cowardice is the most grave vice, then the dog, at least, is not guilty of it. The only thing that brave creature ever feared was thunderstorms. But what can be done, the one who loves must share the fate of the one who is loved.“
„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.“
„… said the not entirely suppressed old Ivan, rearing his head from inside the new one, although without much confidence.“
„No documents, no person.“
„We have no idea whether there were any other strange occurences in Moscow that night, and we have no intention of trying to find out, since the time has come for us to proceed to Part Two of this true narrative. Follow me, reader!“
„It’s all over, so let’s not burden the telegraph system.“
„Gods, my gods! How sad the earth is at eventide! How mysterious are the mists over the swamps. Anyone who has wandered in these mists, who has suffered a great deal before death, or flown above the earth, bearing a burden beyond his strength knows this. Someone who is exhausted knows this. And without regret he forsakes the mists of the earth, its swamps and rivers, and sinks into the arms of death with a light heart knowing that death alone…“
„There was something uncommonly fake and uncertain in every line of these articles, depite their threatening and self-assured tone. I kept thinking… that the authors of these articles weren’t saying what they wanted to say, and that that was why they were so furious.“
„It was clear to him that he had lost something irretrievably that day, and that now he wanted to make up for the loss with minor, inconsequential, and most importantly, belated measures.“
„Foreign visitors… how impressed you all are with foreign visitors! But they come in many different varieties.“
„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 suffered greatly before dying, when you have walked through the world carrying an unbearable burden. You know it too when you are weary and ready to leave this earth without regret; it’s mists, it’s swamps and it’s rivers; ready to give yourself into the arms of death with a light heart, knowing that death alone can comfort you.“
„Only if some microorganism doesn’t attack these tender hothouse plants and eat away at their roots, only if they don’t rot! And that can happen with pineapples! Oh, yes, indeed it can!“
„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.“
„And now tell me, why is it that you use me words “”good people”” all the time? Do you call everyone that, or what?- Everyone, – the prisoner replied. – There are no evil people in the world.“
„He’s clever,’ thought Ivan,’ I must admit there are some smart people even among the intelligentsia“
„Ryukhin showed himself no mercy-‘I don’t believe in anything I’ve ever written!“
„What’s the use of dying in a ward surrounded by a lot of groaning and croaking incurables? Wouldn’t it be much better to throw a party with that twenty-seven thousand and take poison and depart for the other world to the sound of violins, surrounded by lovely drunken girls and happy friends?“
„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!“
„For some reason, cats are usually addressed familiarly, though no cat has ever drunk bruderschaft with anyone.“
„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.“
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