Quotes from Mikhail Bulgakov

No, to rzeczywiÅ›cie nie sÄ… pieniÄ…dze – lekcewa??co powiedziaÅ' do swego goÅ›cia Woland – chocia? szczerze mówiÄ…c, nawet tyle nie jest panu potrzebne. - Kiedy ma pan zamiar umrze??

She had a look of suffering and I was struck less by her beauty than by the extraordinary loneliness in her eyes.

No documents, no person.

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 affection in a dog. Your life is impoverished, Hegemon.

The only thing he said was that among human vices he considered cowardice one of the first.

Wszyscy jesteÅ›my do?? niezrównowa?eni...

Idzie o to, ?e czÅ'owiek, który w gÅ'Ä™bi siebie nie kryje niespodzianki, z reguÅ'y nie bywa interesujÄ…cy.

Jednak?e m?drzy ludzie w tym w?a?nie celu maj? rozum, ?eby si? nim pos?ugiwa? w podobnie skomplikowanych przypadkach.

I don't like the news on the radio. It's always read by girls of some sort who pronounce the place names incomprehensibly. What's more, one in three of them has a slight speech defect, as though such ones are selected deliberately.

This whole speech, extremely silly, tactless and probably politically dangerous, made Pavel Iosifovich shake with rage, but, strange as it might seem, it could be seen from the eyes of the crowd of customers that had gathered that it had aroused sympathy in very many people!

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

If you were to ask certain of your great-great-great-grandmothers, especially those who had a reputation for shyness, they might tell you some remarkable secrets, my dear Margarita Nikolayevna! To draw a parallel—the most amazing combinations can result if you shuffle the pack enough. There are some matters in which even class barriers and frontiers are powerless.

Sweetly, albeit hoarsely and with a burr, the girl started singing something scarcely comprehensible, but, judging by the women's faces in the stalls, very seductive: Guerlain, Chanel no 5, Mitsuko, Narcissus noir, evening dresses, cocktail dresses..

snow, the Dnieper Ã¢â'¬Â¦ there's no more beautiful city in the world than Kiev.

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

Think, now: where would your good be if there were no evil and what would the world look like without shadow?

A morphine addict has one piece of good fortune, which nobody can take away from him—the capacity to spend his life in total solitude. And solitude means important, significant ideas, it means contemplation, tranquillity, wisdom...

Koniec seansu! Maestro! Zasuwaj pan marsza!

You should never ask anyone for anything. Never—and especially from those who are more powerful than yourself. They will make the offer and they will give of their own accord

He who loves must share the fate of the one he loves.

Yes, man is mortal, but that would still be just a minor problem. The bad thing is that he's sometimes suddenly mortal, and that's the whole point! And he can't possibly say what he's going to be doing the same evening.

No, make me forget you, then I'll be free.

Co to takiego – je?li kto? zaczyna rozmow?, musi si? to bezwzgl?dnie zako?czy? aresztowaniem?

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 . . .