“Let me tell you something my friend. Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane.”
― Different Seasons
― Different Seasons
“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 secretly detest everyone around them.”
― The Master and Margarita
― The Master and Margarita
“Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.”
― Different Seasons
― Different Seasons
“Cowardice is the most terrible of vices.”
― The Master and Margarita
― The Master and Margarita
“Maybe there aren't any such things as good friends or bad friends - maybe there are just friends, people who stand by you when you're hurt and who help you feel not so lonely. Maybe they're always worth being scared for, and hoping for, and living for. Maybe worth dying for too, if that's what has to be. No good friends. No bad friends. Only people you want, need to be with; people who build their houses in your heart.”
― It
― It
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