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Mikhail Bulgakov
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“Да, человек смертен, но это было бы ещё полбеды. Плохо то, что он иногда внезапно смертен, вот в чём фокус!”
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940) said by 1940 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In fact, I'm beginning to fear that this confusion will go on for a long time. And all because he writes down what I said incorrectly.”
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940) said by 1940 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“'Oh, no, you don't look like a halfwit,' the procurator replied quietly and smiled some strange smile.”
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940) said by 1940 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“'I do not know these good men,' replied the prisoner.”
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940) said by 1940 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It's all over, so let's not burden the telegraph system.”
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940) said by 1940 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Well, as everyone knows, once witchcraft gets started, there's no stopping it.”
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940) said by 1940 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ryukhin showed himself no mercy-'I don't believe in anything I've ever written!'”
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940) said by 1940 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Foreign visitors . . . how impressed you all are with foreign visitors! But they come in many different varieties.”
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940) said by 1940 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“‘He's clever,' thought Ivan,' I must admit there are some smart people even among the intelligentsia'”
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940) said by 1940 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Man is mortal and, as has rightly been said, unexpectedly mortal.”
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940) said by 1940 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[S]aid the not entirely suppressed old Ivan, rearing his head from inside the new one, although without much confidence.”
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940) said by 1940 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There was something uncommonly fake and uncertain in every line of these articles, despite 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.”
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940) said by 1940 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The tongue can conceal the truth, but the eyes never! You're asked an unexpected question, you don't even flinch, it takes just a second to get yourself under control, you know just what you have to say to hide the truth, and you speak very convincingly, and nothing in your face twitches to give you away. But the truth, alas, has been disturbed by the question, and it rises up from the depths of your soul to flicker in your eyes and all is lost.”
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940) said by 1940 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“'What is all this? Damn me if I don't have you thrown out of here!' The beast just smiled and said: 'Damn you, I think you said? Very well!'”
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940) said by 1940 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“'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?'”
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940) said by 1940 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“`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.'”
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940) said by 1940 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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!”
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940) said by 1940 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Follow me reader! Who told you that there is no true, faithful, eternal love in this world! May the liar's vile tongue be cut out!”
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940) said by 1940 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“'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 . . .'”
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940) said by 1940 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The hope that she might regain her happiness made her fearless.”
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940) said by 1940 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“'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.'”
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940) said by 1940 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Manuscripts don't burn.”
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940) said by 1940 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No documents, no person.”
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940) said by 1940 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“'Unfortunately I cannot show it to you,' replied the master, 'because I burned it in my stove.''I'm sorry but I don't believe you,' said Woland. 'You can't have done. Manuscripts don't burn.'”
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940) said by 1940 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“'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.'”
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940) said by 1940 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“'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?'”
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940) said by 1940 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“'For some reason, cats are usually addressed familiarly, though no cat has ever drunk bruderschaft with anyone.'”
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940) said by 1940 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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.”
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940) said by 1940 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The procurator studied the new arrival with avid, and slightly fearful eyes. It was the kind of look one gives someone one has heard of and thought a lot about, and whom one is meeting for the first time.”
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940) said by 1940 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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!'”
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940) said by 1940 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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!”
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940) said by 1940 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“'You're not Dostoevsky,' said the citizeness, who was getting muddled by Koroviev.”
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940) said by 1940 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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.”
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940) said by 1940 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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 . . .”
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940) said by 1940 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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.”
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940) said by 1940 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Well, he who loves must share the lot of the one he loves.”
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940) said by 1940 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“'Kant ought to be arrested and given three years in Solovki asylum for that "proof" of his!' Ivan Nikolayich burst out completely unexpectedly. 'Ivan!' whispered Berlioz, embarrassed. But the suggestion to pack Kant off to an asylum not only did not surprise the stranger but actually delighted him. 'Exactly, exactly!' he cried and his green left eye, turned on Berlioz glittered. 'That's exactly the place for him! I said to him myself that morning at breakfast: "If you'll forgive me, professor, your theory is no good. It may be clever but it's horribly incomprehensible. People will think you're mad."' Berlioz's eyes bulged. At breakfast...to Kant?”
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940) said by 1940 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source