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Yes, man is mortal, but that would be only half the trouble. The worst of it is that he's sometimes unexpectedly mortal - there's the trick! — Mikhail Bulgakov

But why don't you take him with you into the light?
He does not deserve the light, he deserves peace — Mikhail Bulgakov

But what can be done, the one who loves must share the fate of the one he loves. — Mikhail Bulgakov

To speak the truth is easy and pleasant. — Mikhail Bulgakov

No documents, no person. — Mikhail Bulgakov

In short, you sensed that she was there, Moscow, right there, around the turn, and about to heave herself upon you and engulf you. — Mikhail Bulgakov

I don't have any special talents, just an ordinary desire to live like a human being. — Mikhail Bulgakov

Better not sit on a hedgehog if you're naked." ~ Russian Author Mikhail Bulgakov ~ The White Guard 1925 — T.C. Donivan

Once more and for the last time, the moon flashed above and broke into pieces, and then everything went black. — Mikhail Bulgakov

Nobody should be whipped. Remember that, once and for all. Neither man nor animal can be influenced by anything but suggestion. — Mikhail Bulgakov

A dog's spirit dies hard. — Mikhail Bulgakov

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

I suppose that in no educational institution can one become an educated person. — Mikhail Bulgakov

No one's fate is of any interest to you except your own. — 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 — Mikhail Bulgakov

Obedient to constraint, I was compelled to submit — Mikhail Bulgakov

No ID, no person — Mikhail Bulgakov

He was coming to understand he could not come to rectify anything in his life, only forget. — Mikhail Bulgakov

She had a passion for anyone who did something top-notch. — Mikhail Bulgakov

What would your good do if evil didn't exist, and what would the earth look like if all the shadows disappeared? — Mikhail Bulgakov

Twelve men conducted the investigation, gathering as on a knitting-needle the accursed stitches of this complicated case all over Moscow. — Mikhail Bulgakov

Cowardice is the most terrible of vices. — Mikhail Bulgakov

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

The dog rose on his hind legs in front of Philip Philipovich and performed obeisance to him. — Mikhail Bulgakov

Who ever told you there is no such thing in the world as real, true, everlasting love? May the liar have his despicable tongue cut out! — Mikhail Bulgakov

Not causing trouble, not touching anything, fixing the primus. — Mikhail Bulgakov

Manuscripts do not burn. — Mikhail Bulgakov

Snow, the Dnieper ... there's no more beautiful city in the world than Kiev. — Mikhail Bulgakov

His swearing is methodical, continuous, and apparently entirely senseless. — Mikhail Bulgakov

He who never hurries is always on time. — Mikhail Bulgakov

Annushka has already bought the sunflower oil, and has not only bought it, but has already spilled it. — Mikhail Bulgakov

There's only one degree of freshness - the first, which makes it also the last — Mikhail Bulgakov

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

And a fact is the most stubborn thing in the world. — Mikhail Bulgakov

The darkness that had come in from the Mediterranean covered the city so detested by the procurator ... — Mikhail Bulgakov

Why bother to learn to read when you can smell meat a mile away? Chapter 2 — Mikhail Bulgakov

Have just been run over by tram-car at Patriarch's Ponds funeral Friday three pm come. Berlioz. — Mikhail Bulgakov

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 — Mikhail Bulgakov

Remove the document - and you remove the man. — Mikhail Bulgakov

Man is mortal, and as the professor so rightly said mortality can come so suddenly — Mikhail Bulgakov

The time had come to act, to drink the bitter cup of responsibility. — Mikhail Bulgakov

Literature has become my life. — 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

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

She had a passion for all people who did anything to perfection. — Mikhail Bulgakov

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

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

Ah, professor, if only you had discovered a way of rejuvenating hair! Chapter 2 — Mikhail Bulgakov

There is absolutely no necessity to learn how to read; meat smells a mile off, anyway. — Mikhail Bulgakov

Pogroms were whipped up every minute and people were murdered daily, especially Jews of course. — Mikhail Bulgakov

Man is mortal and, as has rightly been said, unexpectedly mortal. — Mikhail Bulgakov

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

There is no greater misfortune in the world than the loss of reason. — Mikhail Bulgakov

Then he hung up, the scoundrel! — Mikhail Bulgakov

But this is what disturbs me: if there is no God, then, the question is, who is in control of man's life and the whole order of things on earth? — Mikhail Bulgakov

The whole horror of the situation is that he now has a human heart, not a dog's heart. And about the rottenest heart in all creation! — Mikhail Bulgakov

The hope that there she would manage to regain her happiness made her fearless — Mikhail Bulgakov

She gave a little jump and hung in the air a little way above the rug, then she slowly began to be drawn downwards and dropped .. — Mikhail Bulgakov

Do I express my thoughts lucidly?
I think I do.
What is my life? An absurdity. — Mikhail Bulgakov

Cowardice is the greatest sin. — Mikhail Bulgakov

I love Mikhail Bulgakov. He is very original and takes the story to unexpected places. I didn't realise political writing could be so funny. — Denise Mina

The tongue may hide the truth but the eyes - never! — Mikhail Bulgakov

If it is true that cowardice is the most grave vice, then the dog, at least, is not guilty of it. — Mikhail Bulgakov

It's nice to hold on to a holiday midnight a little longer than usual — Mikhail Bulgakov

love leaped out at us like a murderer jumping out of a dark alley. — Mikhail Bulgakov

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 — Mikhail Bulgakov

Am I to follow him?" the master enquired uneasily, with a touch on his reins.
"No," answered Woland, "why try to pursue what is completed? — Mikhail Bulgakov

One can find time for everything if one is never in a hurry,' explained his host didactically. Chapter 3 — Mikhail Bulgakov

Everything will turn out right, the world is built on that. — Mikhail Bulgakov

I'm a specialist in black magic — Mikhail Bulgakov

Everyone listened to this amusing narrative with great interest, and the moment that Behemoth concluded it, they all shouted in unison: 'Lies! — Mikhail Bulgakov

Why try to pursue what is completed? — Mikhail Bulgakov

I'll go to bed, forget myself in sleep. — Mikhail Bulgakov

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

Why do smart people exist, if not to figure out convoluted problems? — Mikhail Bulgakov

Don't be afraid, Queen, the blood has long run down into the earth. And on the spot where it was spilled, grapevines are growing today. — Mikhail Bulgakov