Quotes About 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.

For Bulgakov, however, the greatest underlying source of unease, amounting at times to despair, was something less tangible though very real to him, since it occurs as an ever-present refrain throughout these stories. This was the sense of being a lone soldier of reason and enlightenment pitted against the vast, dark, ocean-like mass of peasant ignorance and superstition... [in] the fearsome, pre-literate, mediaeval world of the peasantry

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

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

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

so who are you in the end?" "I am a part of that power which eternally desires evil and eternally does good." Goethe, Faust*

ZaÅ›wiadcza siÄ™ niniejszym, ?e okaziciel niniejszego zaÅ›wiadczenia, NikoÅ'aj Iwanowicz, spÄ™dziÅ' wy?ej wymienionÄ… noc na balu u szatana, gdzie zostaÅ' zaanga?owany jako Å›rodek lokomocji... otwórz, Hella, nawias, a w nawiasie napisz "wieprz". Podpisano – Behemot.

ButelkÄ™ mineralnej – poprosiÅ' Berlioz. -Mineralnej nie ma – odpowiedziaÅ'a kobieta w budce i z niejasnych powodów obraziÅ'a siÄ™.

Tea is not vodka, it is impossible to drink it a lot

There's no need for you to intercede for him, Margarita, because the one with whom he so sought to talk has already interceded for him.

The monthly magazine Moskva, otherwise a rather cautious and quiet publication, carried the first part of The Master and Margarita in its November 1966 issue.

Bulgakov began work on the first version of the novel early in 1929, or possibly at the end of 1928.

These words, which do not appear in the definitive text, tell us how painfully Bulgakov weighed the question of cowardice and guilt in considering the fate of his hero, and how we should understand the ending of the final

Bulgakov's gentle irony is a warning against the mistake, more common in our time than we might think, of equating artistic mastery with a sort of saintliness, or, in Kierkegaard's terms, of confusing the aesthetic with the ethical.

The thought that there is no greater misfortune in the world than the loss of reason? Yes

He's clever, thought Ivan. You have to admit, there are some smart people even among the intelligentsia. No denying that!

It is interesting to note that Margarita's soul was in perfect shape.

One must admit that even among intellectuals there are sometimes highly intelligent men; this cannot be denied. (100)

the time? Do you call everyone that?" "Everyone," answered the prisoner. "There are no bad people in the world.

My previous notes must sound somewhat hysterical. In fact there is nothing particularly unusual or alarming about my condition. It does not in the least affect my capacity to work.

Thou art a black God! I curse Thee, God of thieves, their soul and protector! (191)

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.

Scusi, non ci credo, — replicò Woland, — non può essere, i manoscritti non bruciano — . Si voltò verso Behemoth e disse: — Su, Behemoth, dammi qua il romanzo.

If I discount the real and imaginary fears in my life, then I must admit that there is only one major flaw in my life at the moment -- the lack of an apartment.