Carmela
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“She hadn't realized how long it takes to become somebody else, or how lonely it can be living in a world not meant for you.”
― The Vanishing Half
― The Vanishing Half
“People thought that being one of a kind made you special. No, it just made you lonely. What was special was belonging with someone else.”
― The Vanishing Half
― The Vanishing Half
“Love leaped out in front of us like a murderer in an alley leaping out of nowhere, and struck us both at once. As lightning strikes, as a Finnish knife strikes! She, by the way, insisted afterwards that it wasn’t so, that we had, of course, loved each other for a long, long time, without knowing each other, never having seen each other… ”
― The Master and Margarita
― The Master and Margarita
“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 people. Here is the
shadow of my sword. But shadows also come from trees and living beings.
Do you want to strip the earth of all trees and living things just because
of your fantasy of enjoying naked light? You're stupid.”
― The Master and Margarita
evil didn't exist, and what would the earth look like if all the shadows
disappeared? After all, shadows are cast by things and people. Here is the
shadow of my sword. But shadows also come from trees and living beings.
Do you want to strip the earth of all trees and living things just because
of your fantasy of enjoying naked light? You're stupid.”
― The Master and Margarita
“The only difference between lying and acting was whether your audience was in on it, but it was all a performance just the same.”
― The Vanishing Half
― The Vanishing Half
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