Mikhail Bulgakov Short Quotes

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'I do not know these good men,' replied the prisoner.

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It's all over, so let's not burden the telegraph system.

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The hope that she might regain her happiness made her fearless.

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The most amazing combinations can result if you shuffle the pack enough.

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Well, as everyone knows, once witchcraft gets started, there's no stopping it.

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Ryukhin showed himself no mercy-'I don't believe in anything I've ever written!'

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'You're not Dostoevsky,' said the citizeness, who was getting muddled by Koroviev.

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I challenge you to a duel! screamed the cat, sailing over their heads on the swinging chandelier.

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'He's clever,' thought Ivan,' I must admit there are some smart people even among the intelligentsia'

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You should never ask anyone for anything. Never- and especially from those who are more powerful than yourself.

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

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'For some reason, cats are usually addressed familiarly, though no cat has ever drunk bruderschaft with anyone.'

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"We speak different languages, as usual," responded Woland, "but this does not change the things we speak about. Well?..."

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... said the not entirely suppressed old Ivan, rearing his head from inside the new one, although without much confidence.

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Oh, what a marvelous affirmation of evolutionary theory! Oh, what a great chain extends from a dog to Mendeleev the chemist!

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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.

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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!

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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.

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'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!'

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'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...'

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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!

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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!'

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'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.'

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'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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'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?'

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