“In front of me 327 pages of the manuscript [Master and Margarita] (about 22 chapters). The most important remains - editing, and it's going to be hard. I will have to pay close attention to details. Maybe even re-write some things... 'What's its future?' you ask? I don't know. Possibly, you will store the manuscript in one of the drawers, next to my 'killed' plays, and occasionally it will be in your thoughts. Then again, you don't know the future. My own judgement of the book is already made and I think it truly deserves being hidden away in the darkness of some chest.
[Bulgakov from Moscow to his wife on June 15 1938]”
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[Bulgakov from Moscow to his wife on June 15 1938]”
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“Our flaws are what makes us human. If we can accept them as part of who we are, they really don't even have to be an issue.”
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“Quick decision makers are often stuck behind annoying people in line at Starbucks.”
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“Do things that make you happy within the confines of the legal system.”
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