“ Everyone listened to this amusing narrative with great interest, and the moment that Behemoth concluded it, they all shouted in unison: 'Lies! Mikhail Bulgakov
“ Everything passes away - suffering, pain, blood, hunger, pestilence. The sword will pass away too, but the stars will remain when the shadows of our presence and our deeds have vanished from the Earth… Mikhail Bulgakov
“ Man is mortal, and as the professor so rightly said mortality can come so suddenly Mikhail Bulgakov
“ You spoke your words as though you denied the very existence of the shadows or of evil. Think, now: where would your good be if there were no evil and what would the world look like without shadow? Mikhail Bulgakov
“ But would you kindly ponder this question: What would your good do if evil didn't exist, and what would the earth look like if all the shadows disappeared? After all, shadows are cast by things and pe… Mikhail Bulgakov
“ Jesus to Pilate:"The trouble is," the bound man went on, not stopping by anyone, "that you are too closed off and have definitely lost faith in people. You must agree, one can't place all one's affect… Mikhail Bulgakov
“ Happiness is like good health: when you have it, you don’t notice it. But as the years go by, oh, the memories, the memories of happiness past! Mikhail Bulgakov
“ Margarita was never short of money. She could buy whatever she liked. Her husband had plenty of interesting friends. Margarita never had to cook. Margarita knew nothing of the horrors of living in a s… Mikhail Bulgakov
“ Annushka has already bought the sunflower oil, and has not only bought it, but has already spilled it. Mikhail Bulgakov
“ You should never ask anyone for anything. Never- and especially from those who are more powerful than yourself. Mikhail Bulgakov
“ Most bad," the host concluded. "If you ask me, something sinister lurks in men who avoid wine, games, the company of lovely women, and dinnertime conversation. Such people are either gravely ill or se… Mikhail Bulgakov
“ I don't have any special talents, just an ordinary desire to live like a human being. Mikhail Bulgakov
“ If you’ve been exiled, why don’t you send me word of yourself? People do send word. Have you stopped loving me? No, for some reason I don’t believe that. It means you were exiled and died … Release me… Mikhail Bulgakov
“ 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 wandered astray in those mists, when you have suffered greatly before dying,… Mikhail Bulgakov
“ – But here is a question that is troubling me: if there is no God, then, one may ask, who governs human life and, in general, the whole order of things on earth?– Man governs it himself, – Homeless an… Mikhail Bulgakov
“ 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 s… Mikhail Bulgakov
