Mikhail Bulgakov quotes - page 2

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)
Ryukhin showed himself no mercy-'I don't believe in anything I've ever written! View quote
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My writing is progressing slowly, but at least it's moving forward. I'm sure that's the case. The only problem is that I'm never absolutely certain that what I've written is any good. View quote
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Once in 1919, when I was traveling at night by train, I wrote a short story. In the town where the train stopped, I took the story to the publisher of the newspaper who published the story. View quote
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Literature has become my life. View quote
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You are not Dostoevsky,' said the woman... 'You never can tell...' he answered. 'Dostoevsky is dead,' the woman said, a bit uncertainly. 'I protest!' he said with heat, 'Dostoevsky is immortal! View quote
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Why try to pursue what is completed? View quote
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Nobody should be whipped. Remember that, once and for all. Neither man nor animal can be influenced by anything but suggestion. View quote
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Azazello begged her not to worry, assuring her that he had seen not only naked women but also women with their skin flayed clean off. View quote
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Not causing trouble, not touching anything, fixing the primus. View quote
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The most amazing combinations can result if you shuffle the pack enough. (Mikhail Bulgakov)
I wouldn't like to meet you when you've got a revolver,” said Margarita with a coquettish look at Azazello. She had a passion for people who did things well. View quote
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If it is true that cowardice is the most grave vice, then the dog, at least, is not guilty of it. View quote
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Remove the document-and you remove the man. View quote
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I suppose that in no educational institution can one become an educated person. View quote
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I challenge you to a duel!” screamed the cat, sailing over their heads on the swinging chandelier. View quote
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... said the not entirely suppressed old Ivan, rearing his head from inside the new one, although without much confidence. View quote
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Everything will turn out right, the world is built on that. View quote
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You should never ask anyone for anything. Never- and especially from those who are more powerful than yourself. View quote
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There is no greater misfortune in the world than the loss of reason. View quote
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Punch a man on the nose, kick an old man downstairs, shoot somebody or any old thing like that, that's my job. But argue with women in love-no thank you! (Mikhail Bulgakov)
just like a murderer jumps of nowhere in an ally, love jumped out in front of us and struck us both at once. View quote
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In the first few seconds an aching sadness wrenched his heart, but it soon gave way to a feeling of sweet disquiet, the excitement of gypsy wanderlust. View quote
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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! View quote
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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... View quote
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